(slang, AAVE) To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.
I presume you'd want a jersey of the team who your favourite riders ride for
Official tourist offices will offer you a 2-3-day horseback ride for $1,500. Instead, it's better to visit popular destinations (e.g. Kaindy Lake, Kolsai Lake), where locals will offer a single horseback ride for $12-…
(slang, AAVE) To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.
He says he rides for black women, yet look at how he treats us.
"ride for" means: To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"ride for" means: To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
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More Hillary supporters voted for John McCain yet you continue to ride for Hillary.
"ride for" means: To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. Note the regional or dialect label (AAVE) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I presume you'd want a jersey of the team who your favourite riders ride for”
“Official tourist offices will offer you a 2-3-day horseback ride for $1,500. Instead, it's better to visit popular destinations (e.g. Kaindy Lake, Kolsai Lake), where locals will offer a single horseback ride for $12-15. A full day would cost around $60-100, but not $1,500.”
“More Hillary supporters voted for John McCain yet you continue to ride for Hillary.”
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