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Informal. something obtained without effort or cost: The fact that you're the general's sondoesn't mean you'll get a free ride in the army.

Stud Poker. a round of betting in which each player checks and therefore receives another card without having to contribute any chips to the pot.

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Origin of free ride

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby free ride

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How to use free ride in a sentence

Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to give people free rides in its self-driving vehicles on the state’s public roads.
Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California|Kirsten Korosec|July 30, 2021|TechCrunch
Target provides free rides to vaccine sites, Dollar General will give employees four hours of wages to go to their appointment, and Instacart is giving $25 stipends to workers who get vaccinated.
The best vaccine incentive might be paid time off|Mia Sato|July 29, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Starting next week, Uber will provide free rides to anyone in the US going to and from Covid-19 vaccination sites.
All the ways Uber benefits from free rides for vaccines|Michelle Cheng|May 21, 2021|Quartz
The next stage requires more walk-in vaccination sites, free rides and door-to-door outreach, he said.
U.S. sees significant drop in vaccinations over past week|Dan Keating, Fenit Nirappil, Isaac Stanley-Becker|April 22, 2021|Washington Post

Instead, Chavez said he simply got a free ride back to East Village, where he lives on the street.
The Pandemic Paused Efforts to Provide Post-Hospital Care for the Homeless|Lisa Halverstadt|March 2, 2021|Voice of San Diego
In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It seemed to free her of a responsibility which she had blindly assumed and for which Fate had not fitted her.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The voice of the orator peculiarly should be free from studied effects, and responsive to motive.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

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