take someone for a ride Definition

ride
verb rode, ridden, riding

1. To sit, usually astride, on and control the movements of (especially a horse, bicycle, motorbike, etc).
intr
2. To travel or be carried on (a horse, bicycle, etc) or in (a car, train or other vehicle).

Example: He rode into town on the bus
Thesaurus: motor, drive, travel, journey.
Form: ride on something (usually)
Form: ride in something
(chiefly N Amer)
3. To travel on (a vehicle).
intr
4. To go on horseback, especially regularly.

Example: She rides every Sunday
5. To ride (a horse) in a race.

Example: rode Red Rum to victory
6. To move across or be carried over (eg the sea, sky, etc).

Example: a ship riding the waves
intr
7a. Said of a ship: to float at anchor;
7b. Said of a ship: to be attached to (an anchor).
intr
8. Said especially of the moon: to appear to float or be carried on something.

Example: The moon was riding high
9. To travel over, across, through, etc by horse, car, etc.

Example: rode across the desert on camels
Form: ride over (usually)
Form: ride across
Form: ride through
intr
10. To rest on or be supported by it while moving.

Example: a kite riding on the wind
Form: ride on something (often)
11. To bend before (a blow, punch, etc) to reduce its impact.
12. coarse, slang
To have sexual intercourse with someone.

noun

1a. A journey or certain distance covered on horseback, on a bicycle or in a vehicle;

Thesaurus: drive, trip, outing, journey, spin.
1b. The duration of this.

Example: a long ride home
2. The horse, vehicle, etc on which one rides.
3. An experience or series of events of a specified nature.

Example: a rough ride
(especially N Amer)
4. A lift (noun 5).
5. The type of movement, usually specified, felt when driving or travelling in a vehicle.

Example: The car gives a very smooth ride
6. A path or track, especially one through a wood or across an area of countryside, reserved for horseback riding.
7. A fairground machine, such as a roller-coaster or big wheel, on which people ride for pleasure.
8a. coarse, slang
An act of sexual intercourse;
8b. coarse, slang
A sexual partner, especially a female one.

Derivative: rider

Someone who rides.
Thesaurus: passenger, driver, motorist, cyclist, horseman, hitchhiker.

An object that rests on or astride another.

An addition to what has already been said or written, especially an extra clause added to a document; a qualification or amendment.
Thesaurus: addition, amendment, addendum, appendix, supplement, adjunct, appendage, codicil.

Derivative: riderless
adj

Derivative: riding
noun

See separate entry.

Idiom: let something ride

To leave it undisturbed; to make no attempt to change or do anything about it.

Idiom: ride for a fall

To act or behave in a way that will inevitably lead to disaster, or a very bad reaction from others.

Idiom: ride to hounds

To take part in fox-hunting on horseback.

Idiom: riding high

Going through a period of success, confidence, popularity, etc.

Idiom: take someone for a ride

colloq
To trick, cheat or deceive them.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ridan.

Phrasal Verb: ride on something

To depend completely upon it.
Example: It all rides on his answer

Phrasal Verb: ride someone off

To bump against another player's horse that is moving in the same direction.

Phrasal Verb: ride something out

To come through (eg a difficult, period, situation, etc) successfully, or to endure it until it improves.
Example: ride out the storm

Phrasal Verb: ride up

Said of an item of clothing: to move gradually up the body out of the correct position.
Example: Her skirt rode up as she sat down