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(US, idiomatic) To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect.
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ride shotgun
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idiomatic
broadly
slang
Japanese Meaning
車両の運転手に同行して、護衛や保護の役割を果たす(当初は銃、特にショットガンを持参していたことに由来) / 比喩的に、誰かに同行し、援助・保護のために力を貸す
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