Many small businesses are facing huge rent increases, and not all of them will ride it out.
»ride the storm/crisis out
Financial and business terms. 2012.
ride something out — come safely through something, esp. a storm or a period of danger or difficulty the fleet had ridden out the storm * * * ˌride sthˈout derived to manage to survive a difficult situation or time without having to make great changes • Do you think… … Useful english dictionary
ˌride sth ˈout — phrasal verb to get to the end of a difficult or dangerous period or situation without any serious problems … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ride — 1 /raId/ verb past tense rode past participle ridden / rIdn/ 1 ANIMAL (I, T) to sit on an animal, especially a horse, and make it move along: She learnt to ride when she was seven. | ride away/across/back etc: He rode away across the marshes. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ride*/*/ — [raɪd] (past tense rode [rəʊd] ; past participle ridden [ˈrɪd(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to sit on a bicycle, MOTORCYCLE, or an animal such as a horse and control it as it moves I learned to ride a bike when I was five.[/ex] Have you ever ridden on a … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ride — ride1 W2S2 [raıd] v past tense rode [rəud US roud] past participle ridden [ˈrıdn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(animal)¦ 2¦(bicycle/motorbike)¦ 3¦(vehicle)¦ 4¦(in a lift)¦ 5¦(water/air)¦ 6 be riding high 7 let something ride … Dictionary of contemporary English
ride — ▪ I. ride ride 1 [raɪd] verb rode PASTTENSE [rəʊd ǁ roʊd] ridden PASTPART [ˈrɪdn] JOURNALISM 1. be riding high to be very successful or confident … Financial and business terms
give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
make — 1 verb past tense and past participle made, PRODUCE STH 1 (T) to produce something by working: I m going to make a cake for Sam s birthday. | Did you make that dress yourself? | a car made in Japan | They re making a documentary about the Civil… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
passenger — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ business class, coach (= the cheapest seats in a plane or train) (AmE), economy class, first class ▪ front seat ▪ back seat (esp. AmE), rear seat (esp. BrE … Collocations dictionary
recession — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, deep, major, serious, severe, sharp, steep ▪ It was the worst recession since the war. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
