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 Ride for a Fall (To).Rider. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ride up Holborn Hill (To).
 
To go to the gallows.   1
        “I shall live to see you ride up Holborn Hill.”—Congreve: Love for Love.
 


 Ride for a Fall (To).Rider. 

 
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