ride herd on en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From the cowboy task of driving cattle while riding along with them.
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic, transitive) To supervise.
As the new editor, his job is to ride herd on the staff and check on the tone of the articles.
But Rabbit feels as though he owns it all, showing up at the showroom day after day, riding herd on the paperwork and the payroll […]
1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:She'd gotten swept up in running the B&B and riding herd on her sister, Zoey, but she'd kept the faith.
2013, Lori Wilde, Love at First Sight:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| riding herd on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rode herd on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| ridden herd on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rides herd on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |