cavalcare
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin caballicāre, present active infinitive of caballicō, from Latin caballus.
Verb
cavalcare
- (transitive, intransitive) to ride
- (figurative, transitive) to span (to traverse the distance between, of a bridge etc.)
- Synonym: attraversare
- (figurative) to jump on the bandwagon, to ride the wave (to join a cause in order to take advantage of it)
- 2019 June 4, Luigi Ippolito, “Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»”, in Corriere della Sera[1]:
- Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»
- Trump jumped on the Brexit bandwagon: "We will make phenomenal agreements"
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