ride for a fall

Court danger or disaster, as in I think that anyone who backs the incumbent is riding for a fall. This idiom alludes to the reckless rider who risks a bad spill. [Late 1800s]

ride for a fall

To court danger or disaster.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kyung-Sook	gyung-sook	Korean
Bhumi	-	Hinduism
Samuel	SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani
Katsu	kah-tsoo	Japanese
Hurley	['hə:li]
Helmuth	HEL-moot	German