Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context idiomatic equestrian transitive English) to cause (a horse) to fall when riding. 2 (context transitive English) to catch or catch up with (someone) by chasing on horseback 3 (context nautical English) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail.
Usage examples of "ride down".
What did she think we were going to do, ride down little children, rape the sheep, and wreck the taverns?
Of course, he could simply turn around and ride down the Valley to Rokha, and give himself up to the Russians.
By implementing systems that raise accountability among employees and offer incentives for good performance, we drastically motivated our team and took them all for a wild ride down the corporate restructuring path.
One was at the time staying at the ranch house, the other was four or five miles off with a Mexican goat- herder, and it was arranged that early in the morning we should ride down to the latter place, taking the first dog with us and procuring his companion when we reached the goat-herder's house.
At last he saw warriors ride down to the water on the other side, and he met their scouts.
Perhaps she and Kade and Azak would ride down it forever, or until they died of old age.
And this third day, when it got too late in the afternoon to shoot even if the sun did show, he says to me, 'c'mon, hop up and let's take a ride down to the beach.
If they turned west from here, it was an easy ride down to Riverrun.