🗓️ Idiom: Ride the Wave (v)
💬 Meaning
- To take advantage of a growing trend or success.
- It means using current momentum to continue doing well.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Our app is riding the wave of growing demand for remote work tools.
- By riding the wave of interest in green tech, the company increased profits.
- Startups that are riding the AI wave are getting more funding.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from surfing, where a person rides a wave to move forward. In business, it means taking advantage of a rising trend or situation to grow or succeed.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
They’re __________ of online education to grow their platform quickly.
Answer
riding the wave
2. Choose the correct meaning of “riding the wave”:
A) Starting something slowly
B) Using a current success or trend
C) Avoiding a problem
D) Ending a project
Answer
B) Using a current success or trend
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“They are taking advantage of the growing interest in their product.” → Change the sentence using: ride the wave
Answer
They are riding the wave of growing interest in their product.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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