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.
Indicates that something which initially seems bad but harmless can become much worse in the future or lead to a harmful development
Those pharmacies have put the price of face masks up. It'll be the thin end of the wedge, if others follow along.