to be taken for a ride
11take somebody for a ride — take sb for a ˈride idiom (informal) to cheat or trick sb • It s not a pleasant feeling to discover you ve been taken for a ride by someone you trusted. Main entry: ↑rideidiom …
12take for a ride — vp To drive someone away to kill. The capo ordered that the informer be taken for a ride. 1920s …
13take someone for a ride — If you are taken for a ride, you are deceived by someone. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
14take for a ride — to murder You bundled your victim into a car and killed him in a secluded place: ... taken for a ride. His death is attributed... (Lavine, 1930) Whence the current figurative meaning, to cheat …
15take someone for a ride — to trick, cheat, or lie to someone I found out I d been taken for a ride by someone I really trusted …
16Take someone for a ride — If you are taken for a ride, you are deceived by someone …
17ride — [[t]ra͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦ rides, riding, rode, ridden 1) VERB When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements. [V n] I saw a girl riding a horse... Can you ride?... [V on …
18ride — ride1 [ raıd ] (past tense rode [ roud ] ; past participle rid|den [ rıdn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go by horse/bicycle etc. ▸ 2 travel in vehicle ▸ 3 criticize someone annoyingly ▸ 4 take part in race ▸ 5 float on water/in air ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …
19ride — /ruyd/, v., rode or (Archaic) rid; ridden or (Archaic) rid; riding; n. v.i. 1. to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal. 2. to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance. 3. to …
20ride — [c]/raɪd / (say ruyd) verb (rode or, Archaic, rid, ridden or, Archaic, rid, riding) – …