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.

Examples of ride on (something or someone) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Where will the stations be? Southern Californians can catch a ride on the high-speed train at stations in Rancho Cucamonga, Hesperia, Victor Valley and Las Vegas. —Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024

Demo ride on new bike at Harley-Davidson Powertrain Operations Attendees can take a demo ride on a new 2024 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a police skills demonstration. —Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024

Weave your way through some of the area's most beautiful landscapes with a ride on a historic railway. —Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2024

Globe Life stock takes a wild ride on insurance fraud allegations Shares of Globe Life, one of Texas’ largest insurance providers, dropped more than 50%, following a short position taken by Fuzzy Panda Research that alleged potential fraud at the company. —Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024

The cloud cover should be less of a factor for people who shelled out substantially to catch a ride on one of the specialty flights that will follow the path of totality. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024

Nearly 240 people showed up for a memorial ride on Feb. 25, the anniversary of the crash. —The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024

Rise of the Resistance opened in Jan. 2020 at the Southern California park just a month after Disney World’s opening of the same ride on Dec. 5, 2019 in honor of Walt Disney’s birthday. —Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024

What: The comedian, who does not like roller coasters, accompanies Fallon on a harrowing ride on one of Universal Orlando’s finest. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024