take for a ride

Verb

take for a ride (third-person singular simple present takes for a ride, present participle taking for a ride, simple past took for a ride, past participle taken for a ride)

1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To deceive someone.
   • Two timing woman / Trying to take me for a ride1974, David Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, “Lady Double Dealer”, in Stormbringer, performed by Deep Purple
   • 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.2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms:

   take for a drive

2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, informal, transitive) To drive (a person) to a remote location in order to murder them.
   • 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.1936, The Elevator Constructor, volume 33, page 38
   • 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.1997, Ian Macdonald, Betty O'Keefe, The Mulligan Affair: Top Cop on the Take, page 37
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, a, ride.