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takes for a ride

takes for a ride is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take for a ride.

Meaning of 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
  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
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, a, ride.

Questions about takes for a ride

What is takes for a ride the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes for a ride is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take for a ride.

Words near takes for a ride in the dictionary

  1. takes fire
  2. takes five
  3. takes flight
  4. takes for
  5. takes for a drive
  6. takes for a ride
  7. takes for a spin
  8. takes for granite
  9. takes for granted
  10. takes form
  11. takes French leave

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