Cryptic crossword clue
Came by bike? Or by boat? Or motorway, if picked up?

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RODE

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The straight part
We know that "Came by bike?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case came by bike? = rode.
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What does RODE mean?

RODE verb
  1. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
  2. To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
  3. (chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
  4. Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
  5. To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
  6. To traverse by riding.
  7. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
  8. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
  9. To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
  10. To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
  11. Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
  12. To rely, depend (on).
  13. Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
  14. To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
  15. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
  16. To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
  17. To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
  18. In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
RODE noun
  1. The line from a vessel to its anchor.
RODE noun
  1. A raid; an incursion.
  2. A roadstead.

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