take [one] for a ride
1. slang To con, swindle, or deceive one. That get-rich-quick guru took tens of thousands of people for a ride, lining his own pockets with their investments. I can"t believe I let that guy take me for a ride like that.2. slang To take one away in a car to be murdered. A: "What should we do about the witness, boss?" B: "Take him for a ride."See also: ride, take
take [something] 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.See also: ride, take
take someone for a ride
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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.
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Fig. to take away and murder a person. [Underworld.] Mr. Big told Mike to take Fred for a ride. The gang leader had said he thought Mike had better take Walter for a ride.See also: ride, take
take for a ride
Slang
1. To deceive or swindle: an author who tried to take his publisher for a ride.
2. To transport to a place and kill.See also: ride, take
take [someone] for a ride, to
To play a joke on someone; also, to murder someone. As a euphemism for murder, this term was American underworld slang that became popular with mystery novelists of the 1930s and 1940s. 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.See also: take
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play a trick on or fool someone, take unfair advantage of someone I was taken for a ride by the used car salesman. The car that I bought is not very good.
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v. phr., slang 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride. 2. To play a trick on; fool. The girls told Linda that a movie star was visiting the school, but she did not believe them; she thought they were taking her for a ride. Compare: STRING ALONG. 3. To take unfair advantage of; fool for your own gain. His girlfriend really took him for a ride before he stopped dating her. take cold take comfort in [something] take control [of someone or something] take control of take cover take credit [for something] take credit for take credit where credit is due take cue from take doing take down take down a notch take down a peg take each day as it comes take effect take eggs for money take exception take exception to take exception to [something] take exception to something take eyes off take fire take five take flight take for take for a ride take for an idiot and take for a fool take for dead take for granted take forever take form take forty winks take French leave take fright take from take from [someone or something] take fuel on take gloves off take guard take hands off take hat off to take head off take heart take heed take heed [of someone or something] take hold take hold of take holy orders take home take home the bacon take hostage take charge take cover take down take down a notch take effect take exception to take five take for take for a ride take for granted take heart take heed take hold of take ill take in take in stride take in tow take for a ride nghia la gi cụm từ taken for a ride trái nghĩa với take sb for a ride trái nghĩa taken for a ride taken for a ride là gì tu trái nghia dong nghia taken for a ride tu tieng anh trái nghia voi tu taken for a ride từ trái nghĩa của take for a ride taken for a ride đồng nghĩa taken for a ride trái nghĩa taken for a ride là gì take for a ride lad gì nghĩa của từ take for a ride take for a ride nghĩa là gì taken for a ride nghĩa là gì take for a ride trái nghĩa taken for a ride nghia la gi nghia take for a ride taken for a ride nghĩa là trái nghĩa take for a ride - Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự Thành ngữ, tục ngữ take for a ride