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rode off into the sunset

rode off into the sunset is the simple past 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 rode off into the sunset

What is rode off into the sunset the simple past of?
Rode off into the sunset is the simple past of ride off into the sunset.

Words near rode off into the sunset in the dictionary

  1. rode hard and put away wet
  2. rode hard and put up wet
  3. rode herd on
  4. rode high
  5. rode off
  6. rode off into the sunset
  7. rode on
  8. rode on a rail
  9. rode on the back of
  10. rode one's bumper
  11. rode one's luck

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