"ride the circuit" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "rides the circuit",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riding the circuit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rode the circuit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ridden the circuit",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "circuit rider"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, J. S. Cockburn, A History of English Assizes, 1558-1714, page 284",
          "text": "Although commissioned, Hale J did not ride the circuit, his place being taken by Francis Swanton, the clerk of assize.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Timothy R. Mahoney, Provincial Lives: Middle-Class Experience in the Antebellum Middle West, page 184",
          "text": "Likewise, other local lawyers would ride the circuit for a session or two, briefly joining the core group as it traveled the circuit, and return home.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Catherine L. Albanese, American Spiritualities: A Reader, page 191",
          "text": "Usually Methodists dealt with this problem by having their ministers \"ride the circuit\" by periodically visiting homes and class meetings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Keith Earnest Andersen, The Last of the Pioneers, page 92",
          "text": "Dr. Strang was the superintendent of the Home Missionary Work. He took a liking to Stanley and told him that they would give him work in the ministry, if he would ride the circuit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel between small towns on horseback, usually to preach or preside over courts of law."
      ],
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          "horseback",
          "horseback"
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          "preach"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister, page 197",
          "text": "“But we don't have to. We can ride the circuit with you. It might take days.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move someone who has been arrested from police station to police station, thereby hindering release."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To move someone who has been arrested from police station to police station, thereby hindering release."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  "word": "ride the circuit"
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rides the circuit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riding the circuit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rode the circuit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ridden the circuit",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1972, J. S. Cockburn, A History of English Assizes, 1558-1714, page 284",
          "text": "Although commissioned, Hale J did not ride the circuit, his place being taken by Francis Swanton, the clerk of assize.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Timothy R. Mahoney, Provincial Lives: Middle-Class Experience in the Antebellum Middle West, page 184",
          "text": "Likewise, other local lawyers would ride the circuit for a session or two, briefly joining the core group as it traveled the circuit, and return home.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Catherine L. Albanese, American Spiritualities: A Reader, page 191",
          "text": "Usually Methodists dealt with this problem by having their ministers \"ride the circuit\" by periodically visiting homes and class meetings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Keith Earnest Andersen, The Last of the Pioneers, page 92",
          "text": "Dr. Strang was the superintendent of the Home Missionary Work. He took a liking to Stanley and told him that they would give him work in the ministry, if he would ride the circuit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel between small towns on horseback, usually to preach or preside over courts of law."
      ],
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        [
          "horseback",
          "horseback"
        ],
        [
          "preach",
          "preach"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
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          "ref": "1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister, page 197",
          "text": "“But we don't have to. We can ride the circuit with you. It might take days.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move someone who has been arrested from police station to police station, thereby hindering release."
      ],
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        "(slang) To move someone who has been arrested from police station to police station, thereby hindering release."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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