ride (up)on someone or something
- ride (up)on someone or something
ride (up)on someone or something
to use someone or something as a beast of burden. (
Upon
is formal and less commonly used than
on
.) •
As a game, the children used to ride on their father.
•
We rode upon burros along the narrow mountain trails.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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