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ridden the rods

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

Meaning of ride the rods

Verb

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

  1. (US, slang) To travel illicitly by clinging to the supporting rods under a freight train.
    • And a dangerous extracurricular activity had helped turn his muscles to iron: he “rode the rods” with other boys, clinging to the underframework of Union Pacific freight cars rumbling through Abilene.1970, Colonel Red Reeder, Dinosaurs A to Z, published 2008

Questions about ridden the rods

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

Words near ridden the rods in the dictionary

  1. ridden the fair
  2. ridden the high horse
  3. ridden the pine
  4. ridden the rail
  5. ridden the rails
  6. ridden the rods
  7. ridden the short bus
  8. ridden the three-legged mare
  9. ridden the tiger
  10. ridden the wave
  11. ridden to hounds

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