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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With the clock ticking, Floyd puts together a plan for him and a couple of other experts — Discovery designer Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) and HAL creator R Chandra (Bob Balaban) — to hitch a ride on a Soviet spacecraft that'll make it into space long before the in-development Discovery 2. —

Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024 With the motor backing up the internal combustion engine, the e-motor enables the system to turn off all eight cylinders and hitch a ride on the electric side. —

Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024 Its Pilot and Passport TrailSport SUVs ride on big wheels wrapped in all-terrain tires, retuned suspension parts, skid plates and shorter front overhangs for an improved approach angle. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 Kena Betancur / Getty Images Gary the snail hitched a ride on SpongeBob SquarePants. —

Claudia Hernández, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ride on (something or someone)

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