ride herd meaning

  "ride herd" in a sentence
Verb: ride herd
  1. Driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them
    "Joe was riding herd during the day"

Derived forms: rides herd, riding herd, rode herd

Type of: ride, sit

Examples

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  1. Riding herd on Stupid Stuff is what dadship is all about.
  2. But analysts also blame management for not riding herd on field operations.
  3. But he uses needling humor to ride herd on lawyers.
  4. "I used the expression'ride herd, "'
  5. What, exactly, did " ride herd " mean?

Related Words

        ride herd on:     (orig US)1. To guard (a herd of catt ...
        ride herd on so or sth:    [American slang]Fig. to supervise some ...
        herd:    Noun: herd  hurdA group of c ...
        for a ride:    [American slang]Go to for a spin
        ride:    Verb: ride (rode,ridden)  rI ...
        ride on:    1. ride on sth usually progressive ...
        herd grass:     or herd's grass /hûrd(z) gräs/ (US)&n ...
        herd immunity:    [Medicine]The non-susceptibility to in ...
        herd instinct:     noun  The instinct that urg ...
        herd together:    herd together sb/sth • herd sb/sth tog ...
        herd up:    herd up sb/sth • herd sb/sth up usual ...
        herd's grass:    Noun: herd's grassGrass with long cyli ...
        herd-book:     noun  A pedigree book of ca ...
        herd-groom:     noun (archaic)1. A herdsman2. Shepher ...
        land-herd:     noun  A herd of land animal ...

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