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Ride out

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To survive in a storm (about a ship) and keep afloat. transitive
  2. 2
    hang on during a trial of endurance wordnet
  3. 3
    To tackle a difficult situation and survive; to survive through; to weather. broadly, idiomatic, transitive

    "In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves."

  4. 4
    To go out in a vehicle with one's friends or crew. intransitive, slang

    "Let's ride out and see what we can get into."

  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, out.

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