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ridden the tiger

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

Meaning of ride the tiger

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To maintain control over something aggressive and dangerous.
    • The Germans had ridden the tiger of Islamic rage and resentment a long way – across the Red Sea into Eritrea and Somalia, into the inner sanctum of the Arabian desert, then winding through Mesopotamia, Persia and Afghanistan […]2012, Sean McMeekin, The Berlin-Baghdad Express, page 258

Questions about ridden the tiger

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

Words near ridden the tiger in the dictionary

  1. ridden the rail
  2. ridden the rails
  3. ridden the rods
  4. ridden the short bus
  5. ridden the three-legged mare
  6. ridden the tiger
  7. ridden the wave
  8. ridden to hounds
  9. ridden up
  10. ridden up on
  11. ridden with

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