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Idiom

ride off into the sunset

Meaning

To depart and fade into obscurity.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The hero rides off into the sunset at the end of the movie.”

“After finishing his final project, the tired manager decided to retire and ride off into the sunset.”

“Having resolved the long-standing family dispute, the weary traveler chose to leave his past behind and ride off into the sunset.”

Examples

simple

“The hero rides off into the sunset at the end of the movie.”

contextual

“After finishing his final project, the tired manager decided to retire and ride off into the sunset.”

complex

“Having resolved the long-standing family dispute, the weary traveler chose to leave his past behind and ride off into the sunset.”

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