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riding over

riding over is the present participle and gerund 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 riding over

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

Words near riding over in the dictionary

  1. riding one's bumper
  2. riding one's luck
  3. riding or dying
  4. riding out
  5. riding out the storm
  6. riding over
  7. riding pillion
  8. riding rantipole
  9. riding rhyme
  10. riding rhymes
  11. riding robe

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