Take (someone or something) for a ride In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "take (someone or something) for a ride", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2023-09-19 03:09

Meaning of Take (someone or something) for a ride

Synonyms:

take (something) for a drive , take (something) for a spin

Take (someone or something) for a ride slang verb phrase

If you take a vehicle for a ride, you go on a short, leisurely trip in that vehicle.

My father promised to let me take Rolls Royce for a ride.

If you take someone for a ride, you try to cheat them in order get their money.

He was accused of taking the customer for a ride on the condition of the car.

If you take someone for a ride, you bring them to a place and kill them.

Mr. John ordered me to take Jack for a ride.

Other phrases about:

string someone along

To maintain someone's attention or to keep them waiting in a state of uncertainty. 

smell a rat
to doubt that something is untrue, unreliable or deceptive
crooked as a barrel of fish hooks

Very dishonest and deceptive

Shanks' mare/shanks' pony

Walking or travelling.

sail under false colours

To deliberately hide one's true nature, intentions or purposes

Grammar and Usage of Take (someone or something) for a ride

Verb Forms

  • to take (something) for a ride
  • takes (something) for a ride
  • taking (something) for a ride
  • took (something) for a ride

The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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