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rides herd on

rides herd on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride herd on.

Meaning of ride herd on

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic, transitive) To supervise.
    • As the new editor, his job is to ride herd on the staff and check on the tone of the articles.

Questions about rides herd on

What is rides herd on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rides herd on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride herd on.

Words near rides herd on in the dictionary

  1. rides fence
  2. rides fences
  3. rides for
  4. rides hard
  5. rides hard and puts away wet
  6. rides herd on
  7. rides high
  8. rides off
  9. rides off into the sunset
  10. rides on
  11. rides on a rail

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