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ride for

ride for verb: to have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.

Verb

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

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.
    • He says he rides for black women, yet look at how he treats us.

Forms of ride for

third-person singular presentrides for
present participleriding for
pastrode for
past participleridden for

Origin of ride for

Likely a shortening of ride or die + for.

Questions about ride for

What does ride for mean?
Ride for means to have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.
What part of speech is ride for?
Ride for is a verb.
What is the past tense of ride for?
The past tense of ride for is rode for.

Words near ride for in the dictionary

  1. ride dirty
  2. ride down
  3. ride down on
  4. ride fence
  5. ride fences
  6. ride for
  7. ride hard
  8. ride hard and put away wet
  9. ride height
  10. ride heights
  11. ride herd on

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