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Idiom

ride one's bumper

Meaning

To tailgate.

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

Examples

“Please stop riding my bumper while I am driving.”

“The driver behind me kept riding my bumper, which made me feel very nervous in the heavy rain.”

“Aggressive motorists who insist on riding one's bumper create dangerous conditions that often lead to avoidable accidents on the highway.”

Examples

simple

“Please stop riding my bumper while I am driving.”

contextual

“The driver behind me kept riding my bumper, which made me feel very nervous in the heavy rain.”

complex

“Aggressive motorists who insist on riding one's bumper create dangerous conditions that often lead to avoidable accidents on the highway.”

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