ride-along

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of ridealong.

   • There was only one person on a ride-along that week!
   • One of the benefits of a ride-along for a family member is to give them an opportunity to witness a cop's job firsthand, gaining insight into what we do as law enforcement officers.
2. 2

   A person who goes on a ridealong.

   • As a ride-along, you have up front close experience on how our police officers operate day and night out enforcing the laws of DC.
   • The policy at the time was: When a ride-along was in the car during a pursuit, the deputy was to pull over and let the ride-along out.
3. 3

   A member of an organization who is more of a follower than a leader.

   • Being a ride-along doesn't make you immune, but it takes the bull's-eye off your back.
   • He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.
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      A piece of marketing material that is included in a mailing about a different product.

      • Stacks of ride-alongs that share the cost of the mailing.
      • Since the dessert advertisement is a ride-along with your ads for other foods, your only additional cost is the printing and paper charges or Internet page cost for your dessert and/or ice-cream ads.
      • In the corporate world, a company puts a ride-along into a mailer that another company is doing.

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