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going along for the ride

going along for the ride is the present participle and gerund of go along for the ride.

Meaning of go along for the ride

Verb

go along for the ride (third-person singular simple present goes along for the ride, present participle going along for the ride, simple past went along for the ride, past participle gone along for the ride)

  1. (idiomatic) To accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.
    • Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride. At his side was Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and his on-again, off-again lover.2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about going along for the ride

What is going along for the ride the present participle and gerund of?
Going along for the ride is the present participle and gerund of go along for the ride.

Words near going along for the ride in the dictionary

  1. going all around the Wrekin
  2. going all out
  3. going all round the houses
  4. going all the way
  5. going along
  6. going along for the ride
  7. going along to get along
  8. going along with
  9. going along with the gag
  10. going amiss
  11. going ape

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