rid : Idioms & Phrases


cross-country riding

  • noun riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
    cross-country jumping.
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Devil's riding-horse

  • (Zoöl.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina).
Webster 1913

endurance riding

  • noun riding for long hours over long distances
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get rid of

  • verb dispose of
    remove.
    • Get rid of these old shoes!
    • The company got rid of all the dead wood
  • verb terminate, end, or take out
    extinguish; eliminate; do away with.
    • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
    • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
    • eliminate my debts
  • verb do away with
    abolish.
    • Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia
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horseback riding

  • noun the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
    riding; equitation.
  • noun travel by being carried on horseback
    riding.
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little red riding hood

  • noun a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother
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pack riding

  • noun riding with a pack
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rid of

  • verb do away with
    eliminate; obviate.
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riding bitt

  • noun one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor
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riding boot

  • noun a boot without laces that is worn for riding horses; part of a riding habit
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riding breeches

  • noun flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots
    jodhpur breeches; jodhpurs.
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riding crop

  • noun a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates
    hunting crop.
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riding habit

  • noun attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
    habit.
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riding horse

  • noun a lightweight horse kept for riding only
    mount; saddle horse.
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riding lamp

  • noun a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor
    riding lamp; anchor light.
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riding light

  • noun a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor
    riding lamp; anchor light.
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riding master

  • noun someone who teaches horsemanship
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riding mower

  • noun a power mower you can ride on
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riding school

  • noun a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced
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To be rid of

  • to be free or delivered from.
Webster 1913

To get rid of

  • to get deliverance from; to free one's self from.
Webster 1913

trail riding

  • noun riding along a roughly blazed path
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