Usually means: Experience severe consequences for actions.
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  1. ride the lightning: Wordnik
  2. ride the lightning: Wiktionary
  3. Ride The Lightning, Ride the Lightning (John Kongos song), Ride the Lightning (Metallica song), Ride the Lightning (disambiguation), Ride the Lightning, Ride the lightning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. ride the lightning: FreeDictionary.org
  5. ride the lightning: TheFreeDictionary.com

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verb:  (slang) To be executed by electric chair; to go to the chair.

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