ride by
(slang, AAVE, intransitive) To do a drive-by shooting.
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Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM: All The Girls Wanna Ride by Jawga Boyz! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm/bluesky
#Nowplaying On Deepstuff Radio Take You For A Ride by Trevor Gear{cr}{cr}{http://s6.autopo.st:8691/stream} #dremstuff
Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM HD2: Hitchin' a Ride by Green Day! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm_hd2/bluesky
But always given a free ride by the press
That was a lovely ride https://www.cyclingeu.com/877608/that-was-a-lovely-ride/ That was a lovely ride by twohndsandtenfingers
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(slang, AAVE, intransitive) To do a drive-by shooting.
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(slang, AAVE, transitive) To target (a place) with a drive-by shooting.
“Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM HD2: Hitchin' a Ride by Green Day! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm_hd2/bluesky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“But always given a free ride by the press”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That was a lovely ride https://www.cyclingeu.com/877608/that-was-a-lovely-ride/ That was a lovely ride by twohndsandtenfingers”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The lake banook one seems to be in good repair and is almost always in use when I ride by.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#Nowplaying On Deepstuff Radio Take You For A Ride by Trevor Gear{cr}{cr}{http://s6.autopo.st:8691/stream} #dremstuff”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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