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ride out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RIDE

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

Synonyms ride (out), weather

Related Words outlast, outlive, wear out; pull through; abide, continue, endure, hang on, hold on, hold out, hold up, last, lead, persist, stand, stick out, withstand; be, breathe, exist, live, subsist; flourish, prosper, thrive

Near Antonyms croak [slang], decease, depart, die, expire, pass (on), pass away, perish, succumb; disappear, evaporate, fade, vanish; cease, end, stop

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