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ride down en · VERB

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• /ˈɹaɪd daʊn/ (General-American)
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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (a horse) to fall when riding.
2. (transitive) To catch or catch up with (someone) by chasing on horseback or in a vehicle.
   • Then the lot of them rode him down for sport, striking him with their coup sticks. 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 171:
3. To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail.
4. (transitive) To treat with severity.
5. (transitive) To withstand deceleration from (forces of impact).
   • This fully restrained passenger rode down the impact forces with a much lower level of injuries than could be expected in a collision of this severity. His major injury was an AIS 2 contusion which resulted from the restraint shoulder strap. Had he been unrestrained, the expected injury from violent impacts with the A pillar and other frontal interior components could have been fatal. 1986 July 28, National Transportation Safety Board, “CASE 24 (ATL-85-H-OR21)”, in Safety Study: Performance of Lap Belts in 26 Frontal Crashes, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2022, page 168:

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