to ride
- verb
- /raɪd/
- Offensive
- The coach is always riding the players during practice to make sure they improve.
Examples
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The trustees of the university are riding my ass... about getting some color up at Harvard.
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Okay, Mom, stop riding me.
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We're not used to having a man in the house so I guess we ride him pretty hard.
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Aw, Taylor, quit riding him.
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You've just been riding our coattails ever since you got here.
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My friends keep riding me about submitting my project on time, but I feel like I'm doing my best.
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He wanted to enjoy his movie, but his brother wouldn't stop riding him about his grades.
Synonyms
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
To make fun of someone in a way that annoys them
To mock someone again and again to make them angry or upset
To tease someone to make them angry or upset
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
To keep criticizing or telling someone to do things in an annoying way
To speak angrily to someone for a long time
To tease someone in a playful or annoying way
To tease someone repeatedly in a friendly way
To tease someone again and again with small mean remarks
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
To tease someone repeatedly, either playfully or cruelly
To tease someone with repeated mean or mocking remarks
To frighten or shout at someone to make them do what you want
Make someone feel bad by bossing or bullying them
To annoy or chase someone again and again
To tease or nag someone in a way that annoys them
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
Antonyms
Idioms
- Archaic
To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment
- Informal
Use another person's success to get benefits without much effort
Phrasal Verbs
Treat other people's feelings, rights, or opinions as not important and ignore them rudely
- Archaic
To get a free ride from a passing car by standing by the road and showing your thumb
Compounds
- US
A scholarship that pays all college costs, including tuition, fees, room, and meals
- Archaic
A wild, dangerous ride like when a whale pulls a small boat very fast
How Harassing
- NSFW
- Offensive
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember ride meaning to harass is to imagine someone staying on another person's back like a rider on a horse; this gives the sense of pressuring or nagging. So to ride someone is to bother them again and again.