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riding high

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

Meaning of ride high

Verb

ride high (third-person singular simple present rides high, present participle riding high, simple past and past participle rode high)

  1. (idiomatic) To enjoy good fortune; to be in a privileged situation; to be particularly happy or proud.
    • He that went away with his frock-skirts looped over his arm, comes back riding high; suddenly made one of the dignitaries of this world.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 9”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, (please specify |book=I or IV, or the page)
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To perform the coital alignment technique.

Questions about riding high

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

Words near riding high in the dictionary

  1. riding halter
  2. riding halters
  3. riding hard
  4. riding hard and putting away wet
  5. riding herd on
  6. riding high
  7. riding hood
  8. riding hoods
  9. riding horse
  10. riding in tandem
  11. riding in tandems

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