ride over
B2 neutral inseparable both
In simple words
To go somewhere on a horse or bike, or to ignore what someone wants and do what you want anyway.
Literal meaning: To ride across to a place or over an obstacle.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To travel to a place on horseback, a bicycle, or motorcycle.
"She rode over to her neighbour's farm to return the borrowed tools."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2
idiomatic
neutral
To ignore or dismiss someone's opinions, feelings, or authority and impose your own will.
"The new director rode over everyone's objections and pushed the merger through."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
The figurative sense of dismissing or overriding someone is common in formal and journalistic contexts. The literal sense is used in equestrian or casual travel contexts.
Commonly used with
objections concerns protests authority wishes hill
Forms
Base
ride over
I/you/we/they
3rd person
rides over
he/she/it
Past simple
rode over
yesterday
Past participle
ridden over
have + pp
-ing form
riding over
continuous
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Synonyms
override overrule dismiss trample over pop over cycle over
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