ridling.html - Free of; away from; without the care or trouble. * /The puppy is finally rid of worms./ * /If I could be rid of the children for the day, I would go./ * /I wish you'd get rid of that cat!/ Compare: DO AWAY WITH, THROW AWAY(1), THROW OFF(1).

ridling.html - See: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, LET RIDE, RUN WITH HARE AND HUNT (RIDE) WITH THE HOUNDS, TAKE FOR A RIDE, THUMB A RIDE.

ridling.html - {v. phr.} To do as you wish without considering the wishes of (another person); treat with scorn or lack of courtesy; show no sympathy for. * /The city officials rode roughshod over the people who did not want their homes torn down for a new school./ * /The boss rode roughshod over the men when they asked for higher wages./

ridling.html - {v. phr.} 1. To patrol on horseback around a herd of animals to see that none of them wanders away. * /Two cowboys rode herd on the cattle being driven to market./ 2. {informal} To watch closely and control; take care of. * /A special legislative assistant rides herd on the bills the president is anxious to have congress pass./ * /Mary rode herd on the small children walking home from school to keep them from running into the street./

ridling.html - {v. phr.} To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate body. * /"We will never get our Ph.D. program approved on our own," said the head of the modern dance department, "but we might succeed if we stay in the Division of Fine Arts, riding on their coattails, as it were."/

ridling.html - {v.} To survive safely; endure. * /The captain ordered all sails lowered so the ship could ride out the storm./ * /Jack decided to ride out his troubles by saying that he had made a mistake but that he had learned his lesson./