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riding off into the sunset

riding off into the sunset is the present participle and gerund 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 riding off into the sunset

What is riding off into the sunset the present participle and gerund of?
Riding off into the sunset is the present participle and gerund of ride off into the sunset.

Words near riding off into the sunset in the dictionary

  1. Riding Mill
  2. Riding Mountain West
  3. riding mower
  4. riding mowers
  5. riding off
  6. riding off into the sunset
  7. riding officer
  8. riding officers
  9. riding on
  10. riding on a rail
  11. riding on the back of

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