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rides one's bumper

rides one's bumper is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride one's bumper.

Meaning of ride one's bumper

Verb

ride one's bumper (third-person singular simple present rides one's bumper, present participle riding one's bumper, simple past rode one's bumper, past participle ridden one's bumper)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, one's, bumper.
  2. (idiomatic) To tailgate.
    • If a driver cut me off, for example, I'd ride his bumper and make obscene gestures at him, along with cursing and swearing as loud as I could, with the window down.2005 December 1, Paul Burkhardt, Jo Anne Burkhardt, Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 26

Questions about rides one's bumper

What is rides one's bumper the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rides one's bumper is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride one's bumper.

Words near rides one's bumper in the dictionary

  1. rides off
  2. rides off into the sunset
  3. rides on
  4. rides on a rail
  5. rides on the back of
  6. rides one's bumper
  7. rides one's luck
  8. rides or dies
  9. rides out
  10. rides out the storm
  11. rides over

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