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View synonyms for ride shotgun

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Idioms and Phrases

Guard someone or something while in transit, as in The reporter found himself in the odd position of riding shotgun for an accused mobster . This term alludes to the armed defender of a stagecoach who sat beside the driver to protect against marauders and bandits. Later it was transferred to anyone riding in the front passenger seat of a motor vehicle, as well as to the more general function of protection. [Mid-1900s]
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Example Sentences

Which if thar's money aboard, an' the express outfit wants it defended, they slams on some sport to ride shotgun that trip.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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