Meaning of "take for a ride" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE FOR A RIDE

take for a ride

WHAT DOES TAKE FOR A RIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take for a ride in the English dictionary

The definition of take for a ride in the dictionary is to cheat, swindle, or deceive. Other definition of take for a ride is to take away in a car and murder him.

TRANSLATION OF TAKE FOR A RIDE

Find out the translation of take for a ride to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of take for a ride from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take for a ride» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 采取一骑
• Translator English - Spanish: llevará a dar un paseo
• English: take for a ride
• Translator English - Hindi: एक सवारी के लिए ले
• Translator English - Arabic: تأخذ لركوب
• Translator English - Russian: морочить голову
• Translator English - Portuguese: levar para um passeio
• Translator English - Bengali: একটি যাত্রায় নিতে
• Translator English - French: emmener qn en promenade
• Translator English - Malay: Ambil perjalanan
• Translator English - German: leimen
• Translator English - Japanese: 乗るために取る
• Translator English - Korean: 타고 걸릴
• Translator English - Javanese: Njupuk kanggo numpak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đưa cho một chuyến đi
• Translator English - Tamil: சவாரி செய்யுங்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: सवारी घ्या
• Translator English - Turkish: Gezmeye çıkmak
• Translator English - Italian: prendere per un giro
• Translator English - Polish: wziąć na przejażdżkę
• Translator English - Ukrainian: морочити голову
• Translator English - Romanian: ia pentru o plimbare
• Translator English - Greek: να λάβει για μια βόλτα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: neem vir ´n rit
• Translator English - Swedish: tar för en åktur
• Translator English - Norwegian: ta en tur

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE FOR A RIDE»

Discover the use of take for a ride in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take for a ride and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition

... what do you take me for. take for a ride ➧ See take someone for a ride. take for gospel ➧ See take as gospel. take for granted 1. Consider as true or real, as- sume, as in I took itfor granted that they'd offer to pay for their share but I was wrong.

Christine Ammer, 2013

English idioms for Spanish speakers

I got rid of my car. Me deshice (libre) de mi cache. ride — el paseo to go for a ride — dar un paseo (en cache). They went out for a ride. Salieron a dar un paseo (en coche). to take for a ride — llevar de paseo (en coche). He took us for a ride.

Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget, 2007

American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA

Take for a ride: See, Ride. Take for granted: without appreciation; in assumption. We easily take for granted the comforts we have in life. Take heed: be careful. Take heed and don't drive under the influence of alcohol. Take Take it easy: be ...

Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004

American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...

... (COMM) 358 take down (COMP) 323 take down a notch/peg (COMM) 358 take effect (TIME) 363 take exception to (COMM) 358 take for (ERR) 376 take for a ride (BAD) 350 take for granted (AG) 33 1 take heart (EMO) 359 take ill/sick ( HEAL) ...

John Holleman, 2006

Latvian-English Dictionary

fool, take for a ride izjaties vr ride a long time izjaucams adj', part of izjaukt collapsible, knock-down izjauksana nfdisassémbly izjaukt vt 1. disarrangé, scatter, break up, (of hair) tousle, rumplé, disorder, i. ierindu izkravat izkravat vt 1. unpack, ...

‎2008

An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions

Take courage in both hands Prepare to do something requiring considerable courage.* Take down a peg Means the same as bring down a peg or two. Take five Have a rest.* Take for a ride Deceive.* Take-home message The summary of the ...

Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2004

Transit Passenger

He would either pushed me down the hill, or just take for a ride towards town, where they are usually made our shopping, buying food supplies with extra indispensable stuff, which they needed the most. Occasionally Alena may well too taking ...

Anastasia Shmaryan, 2012

The Mafia Encyclopedia

See also FBI BADFELLAS RIDE, take for a: Underworld murder method “Take for a ride” has long been a standard in the underworld lexicon, coined in the bootleg wars in Chicago in the early 1920s by Hymie Weiss, one of the leaders of the ...

Carl Sifakis, 2005

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus

sion, tour, jaunt, outing, cottoq. spin, a let ride let it be. ride out see through, spend, pass; see also ENDURE 1. take for a ride 1 delude, swindle, trick, defraud , take in, col- loq. bamboozle. 2 (kidnap and) kill or execute, si. do in, bump off. rider ...

Elizabeth Jewell, 2006

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

... delude, take in, deceive, lie to, hoodwink; informal lead up the garden path, take for a ride, give someone a bum steer. misinterpret verb his proposal was misinterpreted: misunderstand, misconceive, misconstrue, misapprehend, mistake, ...

‎2012