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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Sign up Cycling is prohibited at Tubbs Hill, but bikers can ride on the 73-mile Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes or 23-mile North Idaho Centennial Trail.
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Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
The whole postseason for the Dodgers could ride on it.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
The answer might indicate that the best way to travel from San Francisco to New York City would be via hitching a ride on an outer space saucer that would beam up the car and take you and the vehicle to your destination.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Now, Wilmore and Williams are scheduled to remain at the space station for another five months and return in February, hitching a ride on the Dragon when the Crew-9 astronauts complete their six-month shift.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
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Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
The whole postseason for the Dodgers could ride on it.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
The answer might indicate that the best way to travel from San Francisco to New York City would be via hitching a ride on an outer space saucer that would beam up the car and take you and the vehicle to your destination.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Now, Wilmore and Williams are scheduled to remain at the space station for another five months and return in February, hitching a ride on the Dragon when the Crew-9 astronauts complete their six-month shift.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
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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 24 Oct. 2024.
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