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rode on the back of

rode on the back of is the simple past of ride on the back of.

Meaning of ride on the back of

Verb

ride on the back of (third-person singular simple present rides on the back of, present participle riding on the back of, simple past rode on the back of, past participle ridden on the back of)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make use of; to take advantage of.
    • Residential C-banders have been, and will continue to ride on the back of commercial C-band technology. And with millions of dollars' worth of C-band birdies orbiting our planet, I believe it is highly unlikely the programming choices will become reduced.2006 January 30, Maxodyne, “Re: 4DTV Future 2006”, in alt.video.satellite.4dtv (Usenet)

Questions about rode on the back of

What is rode on the back of the simple past of?
Rode on the back of is the simple past of ride on the back of.

Words near rode on the back of in the dictionary

  1. rode high
  2. rode off
  3. rode off into the sunset
  4. rode on
  5. rode on a rail
  6. rode on the back of
  7. rode one's bumper
  8. rode one's luck
  9. rode or died
  10. rode out
  11. rode out the storm

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