let it ride

Example Sentences

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Interest rates on CDs were probably looking pretty good at the time, so you put the whole nut in at once and let it ride.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

“One of the comments we’ve been making is, ‘Stay in the market, let it ride a little bit, but rebalance to mitigate the risk,’” Ragan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“They can’t handle my humor, so I’m gonna just chill, drop music, and let it ride out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

These days, many index investors are “tactical investors,” not the classic buy-and-hold index pickers inspired by Vanguard Group chairman Jack Bogle to own the stock market, the bond market and to let it ride.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2022

I had let it ride, laying off some lame excuse like I had to get uptown even though I was carrying my ball.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers