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Tara2 Posted 7 years ago
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Ride past

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What does "past" mean?
"As you ride past in a train, you have the unique feeling that houses and trees are receding."

  

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You pass things by. You go towards them, are level with them, then they are gone. This may have been confusing as there's no object for 'ride past' which you can sometimes get.

— David Hatton

  • You pass things by.
  • You go towards them, are level with them, then they are gone.
  • This may have been confusing as there's no object for 'ride past' which you can sometimes get.
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  • 'We rode past the village ...
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You pass things by. You go towards them, are level with them, then they are gone.

This may have been confusing as there's no object for 'ride past' which you can sometimes get.

E.g. 'We rode past the village ... '

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Tara2

Hi
What does "past" mean?
"As you ride past in a train, you have the unique feeling that houses and trees are receding."

past: (adverb) So as to pass from one side of something to the other.
‘large angelfish swim slowly past’

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