ride out

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,nautical)To survive in a storm (about a ship) and keep afloat.; (transitive,idiomatic,by extension)Totacklea difficult situation andsurvive; to survive through; toweather.1989, Barbara Goss Levi, Mark Sakitt,The Future of Land Based-Strategic Missiles, page174:In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able toride outa nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves.2008September 18, Graeme Wearden, quotingAlistair Darling, “Markets slide again but chancellor says Britain can ride out the crisis”, inThe Guardian‎[1]: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 couldride outthe crisis.2022January 4, Megan Specia, quotingBoris Johnson, “Britain can ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave without a strict lockdown, Boris Johnson says.”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN:“We have a chance toride outthis Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again,” Mr. Johnson said at an evening news conference[…]; (intransitive,African-American Vernacular,slang)Togo outin avehiclewith one's friends or crew.Let'sride outand see what we can get into.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeride,‎out.

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