ride hard and put away wet

verb

To mistreat (someone or something); to not properly care for.

“I pity that new labor crew. Management is really riding them hard and putting them away wet.”

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Meanings

verbride hard and put away wet (third-person singular simple present rides hard and puts away wet, present participle riding hard and putting away wet, simple past rode hard and put away wet, past participle ridden hard and put away wet)

present singular third person rides hard and puts away wet · participle present riding hard and putting away wet · past rode hard and put away wet · participle past ridden hard and put away wet

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo mistreat (someone or something); to not properly care for.

    I pity that new labor crew. Management is really riding them hard and putting them away wet.

    1 more example

    Last week we tested the new models, and you'll want to see the results (article starts on page 25). We definitely rode them all hard and put them away wet.

  2. transitiveliteralTo ride (or drive) (a horse or a team of horses) in an excessively demanding way and then rush them back into a stable still sweaty, without a proper cooldown walk.
  3. idiomaticslangtransitiveTo have vigorous sex with (someone).

Origin

The figurative senses are extensions from the literal sense.

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APA

ride hard and put away wet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ride%20hard%20and%20put%20away%20wet

MLA

“ride hard and put away wet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ride%20hard%20and%20put%20away%20wet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ride hard and put away wet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ride%20hard%20and%20put%20away%20wet.

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