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ridden the boards

ridden the boards is the past participle of ride the boards.

Meaning of ride the boards

Verb

ride the boards (third-person singular simple present rides the boards, present participle riding the boards, simple past rode the boards, past participle ridden the boards)

  1. To visit and inspect potential sites for billboard advertising.
    • In order to see the exact location of the boards being purchased, advertisers or their agencies will often ride the boards to visit some of the sites.1999, Bruce G. Vanden Bergh, Helen E. Katz, Advertising Principles: Choice, Challenge, Change, page 362

Questions about ridden the boards

What is ridden the boards the past participle of?
Ridden the boards is the past participle of ride the boards.

Words near ridden the boards in the dictionary

  1. ridden shotgun
  2. ridden St George
  3. ridden St. George
  4. ridden tall in the saddle
  5. ridden the bench
  6. ridden the boards
  7. ridden the brakes
  8. ridden the clock
  9. ridden the clutch
  10. ridden the coattails
  11. ridden the cock carousel

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