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Meaning of ride one's bumper | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, one's, bumper.
To tailgate.
idiomatic

Examples

“If a driver cut me off, for example, I'd ride his bumper and make obscene gestures at him, along with cursing and swearing as loud as I could, with the window down.”

“At the last moment, it slowed down, but it continued to ride his bumper all the way down Washington Street. Driving so close during rush hour traffic, he got, but not now. If the guy wanted to be a jerk, he could be too.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

ride one's luck ride or die ride out ride out the storm ride over ride pillion