ride shotgun
to sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle
TRANSLATION
ride shotgun = Beifahrer sein --- GOOGLE INDEX ride shotgun: approximately 300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Driverless cars mean never having to decide who gets to RIDE SHOTGUN!
(Business Insider)
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Kids ages 6 to 13 who are at least 48 inches tall can RIDE SHOTGUN with a professional driver in a stock car that goes up to 140 mph.
(www.tampabay.com)
(Business Insider)
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Kids ages 6 to 13 who are at least 48 inches tall can RIDE SHOTGUN with a professional driver in a stock car that goes up to 140 mph.
(www.tampabay.com)
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ride shotgun
idiom
- to ride in the front passenger seat of a car or truck
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The history of "riding shotgun" goes back to the days of covered wagons and stagecoaches in the American Wild West.
On a trip across the plains, the driver would hold the reins of his horse team and concentrate on driving. This left him and the occupants of the wagon or stagecoach vulnerable to attacks from bandits, thieves and Indians among other things.
As a defensive measure, one person sat next to the driver with a shotgun ready to fend off the enemy. It should be noted that this idiom appears not to have been used during the Wild West period and instead first surfaced in the 1930s with the advent of Hollywood westerns.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Can I can ride shotgun? I need to send a few text messages."
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idiom
- to ride in the front passenger seat of a car or truck
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The history of "riding shotgun" goes back to the days of covered wagons and stagecoaches in the American Wild West.
On a trip across the plains, the driver would hold the reins of his horse team and concentrate on driving. This left him and the occupants of the wagon or stagecoach vulnerable to attacks from bandits, thieves and Indians among other things.
As a defensive measure, one person sat next to the driver with a shotgun ready to fend off the enemy. It should be noted that this idiom appears not to have been used during the Wild West period and instead first surfaced in the 1930s with the advent of Hollywood westerns.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Can I can ride shotgun? I need to send a few text messages."
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Thanks to Colin for suggesting today's word!
