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riding one's bumper

riding one's bumper is the present participle and gerund 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 riding one's bumper

What is riding one's bumper the present participle and gerund of?
Riding one's bumper is the present participle and gerund of ride one's bumper.

Words near riding one's bumper in the dictionary

  1. riding officer
  2. riding officers
  3. riding on
  4. riding on a rail
  5. riding on the back of
  6. riding one's bumper
  7. riding one's luck
  8. riding or dying
  9. riding out
  10. riding out the storm
  11. riding over

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