ride out

ride out

1. To travel to or from a place on a vehicle or animal. My friends and I had some time to kill, so we got the bus and rode out to the mall for a few hours. He rode out of the camp on a tiny little donkey that could barely stay upright.
2. To endure or survive something that is unpleasant, difficult, or dangerous. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "ride" and "out." You could try to ride it out, but I think you're better off dealing with the scandal up front. We went down to my uncle's underground shelter to ride out the storm.
See also: out, ride
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ride something out

to endure something unpleasant. (Originally referred to ships lasting out a storm.) It was a nasty situation, but the mayor tried to ride it out. The mayor decided to ride out the scandal.
See also: out, ride

ride out (of some place)

to travel out of a place on something such as a horse or bicycle. All the racers rode out of the starting area and began the bicycle marathon. At the sound of the starting gun, all the contestants rode out.
See also: out, ride
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

ride out

Survive, outlast, as in They rode out the storm, or Times were hard during the depression, but we managed to ride it out. [First half of 1500s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

ride out

v.
1. To travel out of or to a place in a vehicle or on horseback: The doctor rode out to the ranch to check on his patient. I just rode out here from Cincinnati on the bus. The cowboy rode out of town on a large black horse.
2. To survive or outlast something; endure something: I rode out the war as a nurse. Many people left before the storm, but we stayed and rode it out. Only two companies managed to ride out the depression—all the rest went bankrupt.
See also: out, ride
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • ride on
  • ride on (something)
  • ride off
  • unit
  • a (unit of time) or two
  • a day, moment, etc. or two
  • sped
  • speed away
  • rode
  • ditch (someone)
References in periodicals archive
Tuesday, June 4, 6.30pm: Ingleston ride out (leaving Huntingdon Market).
Sunday, June 9, 2pm: Mabie ride out (leaving Park Farm).
Thursday, June 13, 7pm: Cornet's Supper (Kingholm) ride out (leaving Huntingdon Market).
She said: "Brian and the Boundary 500 have worked tirelessly over the last three years raising over pounds 60,000 for our hospice through sponsored ride outs on their motorcycles, tombolas, raffles, collections and donations."
"During the week, they hold down respectable, responsible jobs and when the weekend comes they enjoy ride outs as born again bikers.
One of the biggest ride outs today is being organised by The South Union Hunt in Cork.
Now that spring is here, thousands of bikers will be enjoying weekend ride outs and travelling to biker meets on week day evenings.
"What we aim to do is bring them together to enjoy ride outs into the wonderful countryside and to some special events, and we'll have talks by leading figures in the business at our monthly club nights.
There will be the usual selection of ride outs to the show, although as yet none from the Merseyside area, even though it's less than an hour away, at least by motorway.
There will be the usual selection of ride outs to the show, although as yet none from the Merseyside area even though it's less that an hour away, at least by motorway.