Bully
Bully verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.
Ride
Ride verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.
Usage example: that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old bully | old ride |
| good | good bully | good ride |
| short | short bully | short ride |
| complete | complete bully | complete ride |
| Other adjectives: original, actual, big, little, main, new, former, said, older, terrifying. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Bully, you don't have to wear a helmet when you ride a regular bicycle, however, your trouble meter goes up if you ride a motorbike without helmets.
Source: Fantasy Helmet Enforcement -
In Love From Your Friend Hannah, the title character is punished for cursing at a bully on the school bus by being forbidden to ride the bus—which she hated doing in the first place.
Source: Unishment -
HeelFace Turn: Several, among them the school bully, who goes so far as to give Michael a ride across the country and Zeus, one of the enforcers for the evil organization.
Source: Literature / Michael Vey
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