take someone for a ride
Slang definitions & phrases for
take someone for a ride
take someone for a ride
verb phrase
To murder by kidnapping and disposing of the body in a remote place, in gangster fashion
(1927+)
To cheat or swindle someone
(1929+)
Idioms and Phrases with
take someone for a ride
take someone for a ride
.
Cheat or deliberately mislead someone, as in
Car salesmen will take you for a ride in more ways than one!
[
; c. 1920
]
.
Murder someone, as in
The gang threatened to take him for a ride
.
[
; 1920
]
Both usages allude to taking a person for an automobile ride.