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rode over

rode over is the simple past 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 rode over

What is rode over the simple past of?
Rode over is the simple past of ride over.

Words near rode over in the dictionary

  1. rode one's bumper
  2. rode one's luck
  3. rode or died
  4. rode out
  5. rode out the storm
  6. rode over
  7. rode pillion
  8. rode rantipole
  9. rode roughshod over
  10. rode rusty
  11. rode Saint George

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