"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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. (idiomatic) To tailgate. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-ride_one's_bumper-en-verb-nELh2LZX

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2016 April 22, Christina Tetreault, Protecting The Billionaire: The Sherbrookes of Newport, book 7, Christina Tetreault, →ISBN:",
          "text": "At the last moment, it slowed down, but it continued to ride his bumper all the way down Washington Street. Driving so close during rush hour traffic, he got, but not now. If the guy wanted to be a jerk, he could be too.",
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