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rides over

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

Meaning of ride over

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of ride roughshod over.
    • This trampler upon human rights is — Fashion.
      Strange that mankind should love a despotism,
      And while they kick against one kind of rule,
      Should uncomplainingly endure another,[…]
      They yet should pay a tyrant to ride over them,
      Saddling themselves with never ending taxes!1871, James Hurnard, The setting sun, a poem, page 86

Questions about rides over

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

Words near rides over in the dictionary

  1. rides one's bumper
  2. rides one's luck
  3. rides or dies
  4. rides out
  5. rides out the storm
  6. rides over
  7. rides pillion
  8. rides rantipole
  9. rides roughshod over
  10. rides rusty
  11. rides Saint George

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