ride on (something or someone)

phrasal verb

rode on (something or someone); riding on (something or someone); rides on (something or someone)

: to depend on (something or someone)

The future of the company rides on the success of this deal.

Our hopes are riding on you.

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Tanya, the only character who appears in both seasons of The White Lotus, makes a nuisance of herself by continually telling people her plan of hitching a ride on a boat and scattering her mother's ashes into the ocean. —

Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 Kids can skip the snow entirely by taking a ride on the Cowboy Coaster, also located on Snow King Mountain. —

Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025 Boa constrictor hitches ride on Arizona man's car An Arizona driver was shocked to find a huge snake hanging underneath his vehicle in November. —

Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024 Once that dispute is resolved, Congress is poised to have a significant health care deal that can ride on the continuing resolution next week. —

Peter Sullivan, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ride on (something or someone)

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“Ride on (something or someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ride%20on%20%28something%20or%20someone%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.

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