ride for a fall

ride for a fall
phrasal to court disaster

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • ride for a fall —  Act recklessly, so making disaster almost inevitable …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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  • riding for a fall — phrase too confident or taking too many risks, so that you are likely to fail badly Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym describing arrogant and over confident people or behavioursynonym Main entry: ride …   Useful english dictionary

  • be riding for a fall — informal be acting in a reckless or arrogant way that invites defeat or failure * * * be riding for a fall see ↑ride, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fall be riding for a fall informal : to be doing something that is likely to lead to failure or disaster… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall — [fôl] vi. fell, fallen, falling [ME fallen < OE feallan, to fall, akin to Ger fallen < IE base * phol , to fall > Lith púolu, to fall] I to come down by the force of gravity; drop; descend 1. to come down because detached, pushed,… …   English World dictionary

  • be riding for a fall — ► to be involved in a situation that may end badly: »The specialist mortgage lender s lowly rating is because of widespread concerns that the buy to let housing market is riding for a fall. Main Entry: ↑ride …   Financial and business terms

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