ride on (something or someone)
phrasal verb
rode on (something or someone); riding on (something or someone); rides on (something or someone)
: to depend on (something or someone)
The future of the company rides on the success of this deal.
Our hopes are riding on you.
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The agency booked a ride on Athena for $62.5 million.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
After that milestone, Athena will deploy the smaller spacefaring vehicles that are hitching a ride on board the spacecraft.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Athena will hitch a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
My own baby is now a football-playing teenager, so giving him a ride on the back of the LE20 wasn’t feasible.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
After that milestone, Athena will deploy the smaller spacefaring vehicles that are hitching a ride on board the spacecraft.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Athena will hitch a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
My own baby is now a football-playing teenager, so giving him a ride on the back of the LE20 wasn’t feasible.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ride on (something or someone)
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“Ride on (something or someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ride%20on%20%28something%20or%20someone%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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