ride

ride
v
1.(all in reference to animals) sit on, manage, mount, bestride, perch on, sit on top of; be carried by, be borne along by, travel on.
2. motor, automobile, taxi; tour, travel, journey; float, body surf, Inf. surf, Inf. catch a wave, Inf. hang ten.
3. harass, harry, hector; nag, rag, annoy, tease, provoke, heckle; ridicule, make fun of, deride; browbeat, bother, badger, bait; tyrannize, intimidate, bully, terrorize, torment; push around, pester, plague, persecute, dragoon.
4. ride down
overtake, track down, run down, run to ground; catch up with, pursue and capture.
5. ride for a fall
live dangerously, take risks, ask for trouble, court disaster; be improvident, be imprudent, not look ahead, gamble foolishly, trust to blind luck, sell short.
6. ride out
endure, bear, bear up, weather, suffer; take it, brave it out, Inf. tough it out, Inf. stick it out, Sl. sweat it out; Inf. take it on the chin, Inf. take it and come back for more; Inf. hang in there, Inf. stand the gaff; tolerate, brook, withstand; hold, hold on, stand or hold one's ground.
n
7. excursion, journey, drive, spin, outing, airing; trip, tour, circuit, peregrination, expedition, jaunt, side-trip, little trip; transportation, lift.
8. take for a ride
Slang.a. murder, do in, do away with; execute, Inf. execute a contract on, Sl. bump off, Inf. erase, Sl. put cement boots on and take for a swim.b. deceive, trick, gull, cozen, dupe; mislead, misinform, misguide; take in, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes; cheat, victimize, defraud; humbug, hoodwink, trick, entrap.

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