- rides again used to indicate that someone or something has reappeared, especially unexpectedly and with new vigour.
☞ The expression arose from a title formula used in Westerns, most notably the 1939 US film Destry Rides Again.
1941Pleasures of Publishing Our good friend Helen Bower of the Detroit Free Press sends us a circular which…is headed, 'Blackstone Rides Again', and is an announcement for a new edition of Blackstone's Commentaries.