ride shotgun
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ride shotgun
- /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɒtɡʌn/ UK
- /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ US
Where it comes from
Possibly from early-20th-century depictions in books and films of the 19th-century practice of a person armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver to provide protection from bandits, etc.
verb rides shotgun · riding shotgun · rode shotgun · ridden shotgun
- To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect. He attended the meeting to ride shotgun for the sales team, in case anyone had a technical question.
- To ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver. When both kids want to ride shotgun with Mom, they’ll just have to take turns.
- To supervise a process and watch for any risks. He has ridden shotgun over Hunt's financial affairs since Hunt was a baby in business, ascending to the head chair on the board that governs the Chiefs and the Hunt Midwest Enterprises empire of mining and real estate development.
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verb to ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver
| Deutsch | auf dem Beifahrersitz mitfahren |
|---|---|
| Italiano | scortare |
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