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Phrase(s): take someone for a ride
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 for a ride on this matter. 3. 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs