Usually means: Supervise or control a group.
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  1. ride herd on: Merriam-Webster
  2. ride herd on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ride herd on: Wiktionary
  4. ride herd on: Dictionary.com
  5. ride herd on: Rhymezone
  6. ride herd on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ride herd on: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ride herd on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ride herd on)

▸ verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, US) To supervise a group of people and their work.

Similar:
monitor, supervise, herd, steer, herd together, drove, ring, share herd, punch, cowboy, more...

Opposite:
ignore, neglect, disregard, abandon

Types:
manage, oversee, supervise, direct, guide, regulate, control, more...

Adjectives:
piggyback, rideable, hackney, ridered, lap, hacking, serpentine, dolly, tight, salmon, stick

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Similar:
monitor, supervise, herd, steer, herd together, drove, ring, share herd, punch, cowboy, more...

Opposite:
ignore, neglect, disregard, abandon

Types:
manage, oversee, supervise, direct, guide, regulate, control, more...

Adjectives:
piggyback, rideable, hackney, ridered, lap, hacking, serpentine, dolly, tight, salmon, stick



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