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ride on

to continue to ride, traveling onward. We rode on for at least an hour before finding a rest stop. They rode on for a while.

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ride on something

 

1. Lit. to travel on something. Do you like to ride on the train? I have never ridden on a horse.

2. Fig. to be borne on something and carried along. (On something other than a means of transportation.) She rode on a wave of popularity to reelection. He rode on his past laurels as long as he could.

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ride (up)on someone or something

to use someone or something as a beast of burden. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) As a game, the children used to ride on their father. We rode upon burros along the narrow mountain trails.

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ride on something

to depend on the result of something else Who could have predicted that the result of a presidential election would ride on a court's decision?

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ride on

v.

1. To travel on something: She rode on a bicycle. He rode on a horse all around the ranch.

2. To continue traveling onward: Some of the cyclists stopped by the river to rest, but others rode on. The trucker rode on to Chicago.

3. To be contingent upon something or someone for an outcome; depend on something or someone: Whether or not I go to college rides on my getting a scholarship.

4. To make progress by virtue of something: I was able to ride on my past achievements to secure the promotion.

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