rideout

Rideout is a term used primarily as a verb phrase and, less commonly, as a noun, describing the act or period of enduring a danger, crisis, or hostile conditions without evacuating or abandoning a location. The core idea is to withstand rather than withdraw, often by staying in place and continuing essential operations.

As a verb, to ride out means to weather a storm or crisis successfully: for example, a ship may ride out a hurricane, or a community may ride out a heatwave or flood by maintaining infrastructure and emergency response. The noun form rideout (or ride-out) can refer to the act itself or to the period during which the endurance occurs. In professional and journalistic writing, the term appears in contexts such as disaster response, military or maritime reporting, and weather coverage.

Usage notes and variations: ride out is far more common in modern English as a two-word phrasal verb. The one-word form rideout appears in some older or more formal texts and in certain technical contexts, where it may be hyphenated as ride-out when used as a noun. The sense remains the same across variants: enduring a danger rather than retreating.

See also: weathering, endurance, crisis management, survival during storms.