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ride for a fall
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Court danger or disaster, as in I think that anyone who backs the incumbent is riding for a fall . This idiom alludes to the reckless rider who risks a bad spill. [Late 1800s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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