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riding for

riding for is the present participle and gerund of ride for.

Meaning of ride for

Verb

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

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.
    • He says he rides for black women, yet look at how he treats us.

Questions about riding for

What is riding for the present participle and gerund of?
Riding for is the present participle and gerund of ride for.

Words near riding for in the dictionary

  1. riding down on
  2. riding dress
  3. riding dresses
  4. riding fence
  5. riding fences
  6. riding for
  7. riding glove
  8. riding gloves
  9. riding habit
  10. riding habits
  11. riding hall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: riding for (page history and authors); ride for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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