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ride the rail

ride the rail verb: to be made to ride the horse (punishment device).

Verb

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

  1. (historical) To be made to ride the horse (punishment device).

Forms of ride the rail

third-person singular presentrides the rail
present participleriding the rail
pastrode the rail
past participleridden the rail

Questions about ride the rail

What does ride the rail mean?
Ride the rail means to be made to ride the horse (punishment device).
What part of speech is ride the rail?
Ride the rail is a verb.
What is the past tense of ride the rail?
The past tense of ride the rail is rode the rail.

Words near ride the rail in the dictionary

  1. ride the fair
  2. ride the high horse
  3. ride the lightning
  4. ride the pine
  5. ride the pony
  6. ride the rail
  7. ride the rails
  8. ride the rods
  9. ride the short bus
  10. ride the three-legged mare
  11. ride the tiger

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