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ride to hounds

ride to hounds verb: to take part in a foxhunt, especially to ride close behind the hounds.

Verb

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

  1. To take part in a foxhunt, especially to ride close behind the hounds.

Forms of ride to hounds

third-person singular presentrides to hounds
present participleriding to hounds
pastrode to hounds
past participleridden to hounds

Questions about ride to hounds

What does ride to hounds mean?
Ride to hounds means to take part in a foxhunt, especially to ride close behind the hounds.
What part of speech is ride to hounds?
Ride to hounds is a verb.
What is the past tense of ride to hounds?
The past tense of ride to hounds is rode to hounds.

Words near ride to hounds in the dictionary

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

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