it was a rough ride

  • 1Rough Ride — is a William Hill Sports Book of the Year award winning book, written by Irish journalist Paul Kimmage in 1990.It is an autobiography that charts the author s up bringing in Dublin and obsession with cycling, which started with his father being a …

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  • 2ride — ride1 W2S2 [raıd] v past tense rode [rəud US roud] past participle ridden [ˈrıdn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(animal)¦ 2¦(bicycle/motorbike)¦ 3¦(vehicle)¦ 4¦(in a lift)¦ 5¦(water/air)¦ 6 be riding high 7 let something ride …

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  • 3ride — 1 /raId/ verb past tense rode past participle ridden / rIdn/ 1 ANIMAL (I, T) to sit on an animal, especially a horse, and make it move along: She learnt to ride when she was seven. | ride away/across/back etc: He rode away across the marshes. |… …

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  • 4ride — [[t]ra͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦ rides, riding, rode, ridden 1) VERB When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements. [V n] I saw a girl riding a horse... Can you ride?... [V on …

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  • 5rough — 1 /rVf/ adjective 1 NOT SMOOTH having an uneven surface: Her hands were rough from hard work. | A rough track led to the farm. | rough grass opposite smooth 1 (1) 2 NOT EXACT not exact or not containing many details approximate: This is just a… …

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  • 6ride — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 in a vehicle, on a horse, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow. ▪ leisurely ▪ We went for a leisurely ride along the canal …

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  • 7rough — rough1 W3S2 [rʌf] adj comparative rougher superlative roughest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not smooth)¦ 2¦(not exact)¦ 3¦(problems/difficulties)¦ 4¦(not gentle)¦ 5¦(town/area etc)¦ 6¦(weather/sea)¦ 7¦(voice/sound)¦ …

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  • 8ride — ride1 [ raıd ] (past tense rode [ roud ] ; past participle rid|den [ rıdn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go by horse/bicycle etc. ▸ 2 travel in vehicle ▸ 3 criticize someone annoyingly ▸ 4 take part in race ▸ 5 float on water/in air ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …

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  • 9ride — I UK [raɪd] / US verb Word forms ride : present tense I/you/we/they ride he/she/it rides present participle riding past tense rode UK [rəʊd] / US [roʊd] past participle ridden UK [ˈrɪd(ə)n] / US *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to sit on an… …

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  • 10ride*/*/ — [raɪd] (past tense rode [rəʊd] ; past participle ridden [ˈrɪd(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to sit on a bicycle, MOTORCYCLE, or an animal such as a horse and control it as it moves I learned to ride a bike when I was five.[/ex] Have you ever ridden on a …

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