take for ride
乘车,乘坐,兜风,坐车
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Definitions
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rode or rid; rid·den or rid; rid·ing.
- : to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- : to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance.
- : to move or float on the water: the surfboarders riding on the crests of the waves.
- : to move along in any way; be carried or supported: He is riding along on his friend's success. Distress is riding among the people.
- : to have a specified character for riding purposes: The car rides smoothly.
- : to be conditioned; depend: All his hopes are riding on getting that promotion.
- : Informal. to continue without interruption or interference: He decided to let the bet ride.
- : to be carried on something, as a litter, a person's shoulders, or the like.
- : to work or move up from the proper place or position: Her skirt rode up above her knees.
- : to extend or project over something, as the edge of one thing over the edge of another thing.
- : to turn or rest on something: the great globe of the world riding on its axis.
- : to appear to float in space, as a heavenly body: A blood-red moon rode in the cloudless sky.
- : to lie at anchor, as a ship.
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rode or rid; rid·den or rid; rid·ing.
- : to sit on and manage so as to be carried along.
- : to sit or move along on; be carried or borne along on: The ship rode the waves. We ride a bus.
- : to ride over, along, or through; traverse.
- : to ridicule or harass persistently: The boys keep riding him about his poor grades.
- : to control, dominate, or tyrannize over: a man ridden by fear; a country that is ridden by a power-mad dictator.
- : to cause to ride.
- : to carry on something as if on a horse: He rode the child about on his back.
- : to execute by riding: to ride a race.
- : to rest on, especially by overlapping.
- : to keep at anchor or moored.
- : Jazz. to play improvisations on.
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- : a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- : a means of or arrangement for transportation by motor vehicle: We'll handle rides to be sure everyone gets home quickly.
- : the vehicle used for transportation: I've got to hang up now—my ride's here.
- : a vehicle or device, as a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or merry-go-round, on which people ride for amusement.
- : a way, road, etc., made especially for riding.
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- : ride out, to sustain without damage, as while riding at anchor.to sustain or endure successfully.
Phrases
- ride for a fall
- ride hellbent for leather
- ride herd on
- ride high
- ride out
- ride roughshod over
- ride shotgun
- ride up
- along for the ride
- go along (for the ride)
- gravy train, ride the
- hitch a ride
- let ride
- take someone for a ride
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Germs like the flu virus can also hitch a ride on dust and other airborne particles that we shed.
If you’re a crime junkie, clear your schedule, because this one is going to take you on a ride.
Uber may also try to push more drivers to work for both its rides and food delivery services to reduce costs, Shmulik said.
Along for the ride are the real people whose lives and livelihoods are, to some degree, linked to it.
Meanwhile, ride demand has been rebounding from the sharp drop-off that accompanied the start of lockdowns across the US.
I told them it was back where I parked my car, so they offered me a ride.
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
“They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.
In “Sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.
My bike ride that mid-October day starts like so many others.
Possibly, he would not shy at such monstrosities after twenty miles of a lathering ride.
The other day an excursion was arranged to Sondershausen, a town about three hours' ride from Weimar in the cars.
The truth is, it is not safe to trot down such mountains and hardly to ride down them at all.
The farmer told him it was six miles; "but," he added, "you must ride sharp, or you will get a wet jacket before you reach it."
Coppy, in a tone of too-hastily-assumed authority, had told her over night that she must not ride out by the river.