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ride up
verb
- intr, adverb to move or work away from the proper place or position
her new skirt rode up uncomfortably
Idioms and Phrases
Gradually move upward from a normal position, as in This skirt is too tight and it constantly rides up . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Twice did I ride up and down the bazar and the principal streets, but without meeting with any hope of adventure or bunij.
Tell ye, 'f the Old Boy himself sh'd ride up alongside, shouldn't be a mite s'prised to see him.
Death will ride up soon in a big black carriage and take you wid him down to de regions of deep darkness.
I longed for her brother to ride up behind us, so that I might still be a prisoner, but she had provided against that.
I have locked the porter up, and I don't suppose they will find it out till they ride up, half an hour hence.
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