take for a ride
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, a, ride.
Example Sentences
- "Two timing woman / Trying to take me for a ride"
- "This image of Gerrard as Liverpool's grand protector chimes with everything we know about him and his passion for his club. From day one he was watching out for the bluffers and chancers who were seeking to take Liverpool for a ride."
- "Well, is it art? Is Mr. Cattelan taking us for a ride? Did you have to be there? Isn’t this banana just a banana, and not a wry commentary on male sexuality, genetic monocultures, or Central American geopolitics?"
- "Yet he was kidnapped and "taken for a ride" in the fashion which Al Capone did so much to popularize in Chicago; and one story has it that he was shot only because the rope with which he was to have been hanged did not arrive in time."
- "There had been previous killings, but Brent was the first to be taken for a ride in true gangster style. Police said his shooting had the earmarks of a professional job."