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ride the wave

ride the wave verb: to take advantage of a profitable period.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To take advantage of a profitable period.

Forms of ride the wave

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

Questions about ride the wave

What does ride the wave mean?
Ride the wave means to take advantage of a profitable period.
What part of speech is ride the wave?
Ride the wave is a verb.
What is the past tense of ride the wave?
The past tense of ride the wave is rode the wave.

Words near ride the wave in the dictionary

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

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