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rode one's bumper

rode one's bumper is the simple past 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 rode one's bumper

What is rode one's bumper the simple past of?
Rode one's bumper is the simple past of ride one's bumper.

Words near rode one's bumper in the dictionary

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

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