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rides off into the sunset

rides off into the sunset is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride off into the sunset.

Meaning of ride off into the sunset

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To depart and fade into obscurity.
    • "Got To Believe In Love" (#80, 1970)—a follow-up recorded with the cast of Hair—sold only a few copies, and Rob and Steed Records rode off into the sunset.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 261

Questions about rides off into the sunset

What is rides off into the sunset the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rides off into the sunset is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride off into the sunset.

Words near rides off into the sunset in the dictionary

  1. rides hard
  2. rides hard and puts away wet
  3. rides herd on
  4. rides high
  5. rides off
  6. rides off into the sunset
  7. rides on
  8. rides on a rail
  9. rides on the back of
  10. rides one's bumper
  11. rides one's luck

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