ride on the back of

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Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tomake useof; totake advantage of.2006January 30, Maxodyne, “Re: 4DTV Future 2006”, inalt.video.satellite.4dtv‎[1](Usenet):Residential C-banders have been, and will continue toride on the back ofcommercial C-band technology. And with millions of dollars' worth of C-band birdies orbiting our planet, I believe it is highly unlikely the programming choices will become reduced.2018December 21, Sarah Boseley, Angela Giuffrida, Christian Davies, Angelique Chrisafis, Oksana Grytsenko, “Rightwing populists ride wave of mistrust of vaccine science”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:But now vaccine doubt is spreading faster and further than ever through social media, and populist rightwing politicians in Europe and the US areriding on the back ofa wave of mistrust of vaccine science.

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