Take (someone or something) for a ride slang verb phrase
If you take a vehicle for a ride, you go on a short, leisurely trip in that vehicle.
My father promised to let me take Rolls Royce for a ride.
If you take someone for a ride, you try to cheat them in order get their money.
He was accused of taking the customer for a ride on the condition of the car.
If you take someone for a ride, you bring them to a place and kill them.
Mr. John ordered me to take Jack for a ride.
To maintain someone's attention or to keep them waiting in a state of uncertainty.
Very dishonest and deceptive
Walking or travelling.
To deliberately hide one's true nature, intentions or purposes
The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.