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ride pillion en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To travel on the back seat of a motorcycle.
    • The Mafia has set up a school for teenage killers in the southern Sicilian countryside, where pupils as young as 11 are taught to shoot, assemble weapons and ride pillion on motor-scooters. 1999 August 16, Philip Willan, “Mafia sets up crime academy to train child assassins”, in The Guardian:
    • Bike riders swarm through rush-hour traffic on Friday and clash with police after mayor targets passengers riding pillion 2018 January 26, Joe Parkin Daniel, “Colombia motorbike ban: Bogotá mayor forbids pillion riders in bid to curb crime”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ridden pillion Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rides pillion Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rode pillion Tense=Past lexicographic
riding pillion Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

ride shotgun

Synonyms

ride bitch · pillion