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.
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.