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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ride on the back of en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make use of; to take advantage of.
    • Residential C-banders have been, and will continue to ride on the back of commercial C-band technology. And with millions of dollars' worth of C-band birdies orbiting our planet, I believe it is highly unlikely the programming choices will become reduced. 2006 January 30, Maxodyne, “Re: 4DTV Future 2006”, in alt.video.satellite.4dtv (Usenet):
    • But now vaccine doubt is spreading faster and further than ever through social media, and populist rightwing politicians in Europe and the US are riding on the back of a wave of mistrust of vaccine science. 2018 December 21, Sarah Boseley, Angela Giuffrida, Christian Davies, Angelique Chrisafis, Oksana Grytsenko, “Rightwing populists ride wave of mistrust of vaccine science”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rides on the back of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ridden on the back of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
riding on the back of Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rode on the back of Tense=Past lexicographic

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