Meaning

3 senses

  1. To ride alongside the fence that borders a ranch, to identify and fix any breaches.

  2. (idiomatic)To proactively maintain or police social or personal boundaries.

  3. (idiomatic, proscribed)To sit on the fence; to remain neutral on a certain topic, to not have a stance or opinion.

Forms

rides fence, riding fence, rode fence, ridden fence
Base formride fence · to ride fence
3rd person singularrides fence
Present participleriding fence
Past simplerode fence
Past participleridden fence

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyride fence
he, she, itrides fence

Past simpleLesson

all personsrode fence

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ride fence

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
riddleB2rideA1riderB2ridgeB2ridicule
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