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rode pillion

rode pillion is the simple past of ride pillion.

Meaning of ride pillion

Verb

ride pillion (third-person singular simple present rides pillion, present participle riding pillion, simple past rode pillion, past participle ridden pillion)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To travel on the back seat of a motorcycle.
    • The Mafia has set up a school for teenage killers in the southern Sicilian countryside, where pupils as young as 11 are taught to shoot, assemble weapons and ride pillion on motor-scooters.1999 August 16, Philip Willan, “Mafia sets up crime academy to train child assassins”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    pillion, ride bitch

Questions about rode pillion

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

Words near rode pillion in the dictionary

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

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