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Ride for a Fall (To)

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To ride a race and lose it intentionally.

“There were not wanting people who said that government had ‘ridden for a fall,ʹ in their despair of carrying out their policy.”—Newspaper paragraph, November, 1885.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Richard of Cirencester
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Richborough, Richeboro, or Ratesburgh (a Roman fort in the time of Claudius)
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Riddle
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Riderhood (Rogue)
Ridicule (Father of)
Riding [of Yorkshire]
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Rif of Rifie (French)
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