Topic: MOTOR VEHICLES
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ride2 S3 [countable]
1 a journey in a vehicle, when you are not driving [↪ lift]
car/train etc
TTC2 a journey on a bicycle, a horse, or a similar animal
horse/bicycle
3 if people give someone, especially someone in authority, a rough or an easy ride, they make a situation difficult or easy for them : 
The chairman will face a rough ride from shareholders.
a rough/easy ride
informalThe chairman will face a rough ride from shareholders.5 to trick someone, especially in order to get money from them : I'd just begun to realise he was taking me for a ride.
take somebody for a ride
spokenI'd just begun to realise he was taking me for a ride.6 to join what other people are doing just for pleasure, not because you are seriously interested in it : A couple of friends had come along for the ride.
come/go along for the ride
spokenA couple of friends had come along for the ride.8 a path for riding on a horse in the countryside : a grassy ride
path
TTR literarya grassy ride
