"ride one's bumper" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rides one's bumper [present, singular, third-person], riding one's bumper [participle, present], rode one's bumper [past], ridden one's bumper [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ride<,,rode,ridden> one's bumper}} ride one's bumper (third-person singular simple present rides one's bumper, present participle riding one's bumper, simple past rode one's bumper, past participle ridden one's bumper)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, one's, bumper.
    Sense id: en-ride_one's_bumper-en-verb-omaMaNjD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
  2. (idiomatic) To tailgate. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-ride_one's_bumper-en-verb-nELh2LZX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

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          "ref": "2016 April 22, Christina Tetreault, Protecting The Billionaire: The Sherbrookes of Newport, book 7, Christina Tetreault",
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