"ride by" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rides by [present, singular, third-person], riding by [participle, present], rode by [past], ridden by [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ride<,,rode,ridden> by}} ride by (third-person singular simple present rides by, present participle riding by, simple past rode by, past participle ridden by)
  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To do a drive-by shooting. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-ride_by-en-verb-cY7nGDE~ Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "by", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "by": 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular, transitive) To target (a place) with a drive-by shooting. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-ride_by-en-verb-Ab1R8EIa Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "by", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "by": 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "rode by",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ridden by",
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        "participle",
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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        "To do a drive-by shooting."
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        "(slang, African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To do a drive-by shooting."
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        "To target (a place) with a drive-by shooting."
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        "(slang, African-American Vernacular, transitive) To target (a place) with a drive-by shooting."
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  ],
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