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   What does take a ride mean?

   • 1. Lit. to carry someone about, usually for recreation, in a car, plane, boat, etc. Would you take us for a ride in your boat? Please take me for a ride in your new car. 2. Fig. to deceive someone. You really took those people for a ride. They really believed you. I was taken fora ride on this matter. 3. Fig. to take away and murder a person.

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   What does take him for a ride mean?

   • B: "Take him for a ride." To go for a brief, leisurely outing in a vehicle, especially an automobile. Jenny just got a new car for her birthday, so I think we're going to take it for a ride after school. Grandpa says he's going to let me take the Mustang for a ride if I get a good report card.

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   Who said he was to be 'taken for a ride'?

   • Thus, Eric Ambler wrote ( Journey into Fear, 1940), “He was to be ‘taken for a ride.’” In the meaning of playing a trick or deceiving someone, the term is slightly older, being so defined in Dialect Notes in 1925. J. P. McEvoy used this version in Hollywood Girl (1929): “She certainly took him for a ride.”

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   The meaning of TAKE FOR A RIDE is to cheat or trick (someone). How to use take for a ride in a sentence.

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   take someone for a ride. idiom informal. Add to word list. to deceive or cheat someone: I think we've been taken for a ride. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. feint. flannel. funny business. game-fixing. grifter. gull. gyp. prankishly. prankster.

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   To go for a brief, leisurely outing in a vehicle, especially an automobile. Jenny just got a new car for her birthday, so I think we're going to take it for a ride after school. Grandpa says he's going to let me take the Mustang for a ride if I get a good report card. See also: for, ride, take.

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   To go for a brief, leisurely outing in a vehicle, especially an automobile. Jenny just got a new car for her birthday, so I think we're going to take it for a ride after school. Grandpa says he's going to let me take the Mustang for a ride if I get a good report card. See also: for, ride, take.

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   1. Lit. to carry someone about, usually for recreation, in a car, plane, boat, etc. Would you take us for a ride in your boat? Please take me for a ride in your new car. 2. Fig. to deceive someone. You really took those people for a ride. They really believed you. I was taken fora ride on this matter. 3. Fig. to take away and murder a person.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › take-for-a-rideDefinition of 'take for a ride' - Collins Online Dictionary

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   Jun 16, 2024 · take someone for a ride. Informal a. to cheat, swindle, or deceive b. to take (someone) away in a car and murder him or.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.