ride out

Definitions

1. 1

   To survive in a storm (about a ship) and keep afloat.

2. 2

   To tackle a difficult situation and survive

   To tackle a difficult situation and survive; to survive through; to weather.

   • 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.
   • Following chaos on Wall Street yesterday, and in which Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs became the latest US financial institutions to come under fire, the chancellor attempted to reassure the public that Britain could ride out the crisis.
   • “We have a chance to ride out this Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again,” Mr. Johnson said at an evening news conference […]
3. 3

   To go out in a vehicle with one's friends or crew.

   • Let's ride out and see what we can get into.
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   1. 4

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

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

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