RIDES (OUT) Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

rides (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of ride (out)

as in survives

to come safely through just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis

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survives

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Precious little of anything survives from a millennium ago, let alone textile, let alone narrative textile, hundreds of feet of it, unfolding in scene after scene with the colors still crisp.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
The wires are long gone, but wire house survives as a term for a large brokerage firm with a national network of offices.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

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