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thumb a ride

thumb a ride verb: to hitchhike.

Verb

thumb a ride (third-person singular simple present thumbs a ride, present participle thumbing a ride, simple past and past participle thumbed a ride)

  1. (US, idiomatic, intransitive) To hitchhike.

Forms of thumb a ride

third-person singular presentthumbs a ride
present participlethumbing a ride
past participlethumbed a ride
pastthumbed a ride

Questions about thumb a ride

What does thumb a ride mean?
Thumb a ride means to hitchhike.
What part of speech is thumb a ride?
Thumb a ride is a verb.
What is the past tense of thumb a ride?
The past tense of thumb a ride is thumbed a ride.

Words near thumb a ride in the dictionary

  1. thulur
  2. thuluth
  3. Thum
  4. thumb
  5. thumb a lift
  6. thumb a ride
  7. thumb blue
  8. thumb buster
  9. thumb down
  10. thumb drive
  11. thumb drives

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