Meaning

2 senses

  1. To take a free ride; to take advantage of a benefit without contributing.

  2. To buy and sell shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The free ride is over.

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Sami was here for a free ride.

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  3. Claudio pretended to be handicapped to get a free ride.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Can I have a free ride, please? My wallet was stolen.

    ruРазрешите мне проехать бесплатно, пожалуйста. У меня украли кошелёк. — nina99nv

    carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

free rides, free riding, free rode, free ridden
Base formfree ride · to free ride
3rd person singularfree rides
Present participlefree riding
Past simplefree rode
Past participlefree ridden

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfree ride
he, she, itfree rides

Past simpleLesson

all personsfree rode

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave free ridden
he, she, ithas free ridden

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill free ride

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfree rider

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
freeA1freebiefreedomA2freelance
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