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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Ride for a Fall (To). To ride a race and lose it intentionally. "There were not wanting people who said that government had `ridden for a fall,' in their despair of carrying out their policy."- Newspaper paragraph, November, 1885. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RIDE FOR A FALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Kopf und Kragen riskieren (to ride for a fall). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | vesztébe rohan (to be rushing to one's own destruction, to ride for a fall), vadul lovagol (to ride for a fall), kihívja a sorsot (to ride for a fall). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ideray orfay aay allfay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-f-i-l-l-o-r-r" | |
-4 letters: arillode, draffier, fairlead, falderal, falderol, farfalle, lordlier, railroad. | |
-5 letters: affaire, airfare, allodia, alodial, areolar, daffier, dallier, dariole, dialler, driller, droller, falafel, flailed, frailer, frilled, friller, lardier, leadoff, radiale, raffled, raffler, rallied, rallier, redrill, riffled, riffler. | |
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