take (one) for a ride
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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."
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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 fora 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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
take someone for a ride
1. Cheat or deliberately mislead someone, as in Car salesmen will take you for a ride in more ways than one! [Colloquial; c. 1920]
2. Murder someone, as in The gang threatened to take him for a ride. [Slang; 1920] Both usages allude to taking a person for an automobile ride.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
take someone for a ride
INFORMALCOMMON If someone takes you for a ride, they deceive or cheat you. You've been taken for a ride. Why did you give him five thousand francs? Why do I have this sneaking suspicion that he is taking us all for a ride? Note: This expression comes from American gangsters' slang. When gangsters `took someone for a ride', they took them away in a car in order to kidnap them or kill them.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
take someone for a ride
deceive or cheat someone. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
take somebody for a ˈride
(informal) cheat or deceive somebody: If you’ve paid $8 000 for that car you’ve been taken for a ride!Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
take for a ride
Slang1. To deceive or swindle: an author who tried to take his publisher for a ride.
2. To transport to a place and kill.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.