To ride out Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) To go upon a military expedition. Obs. Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. Colloq.
  2. (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as, to ride out the gale.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as, to ride out the gale.

Webster 1913