along for the ride

idiom

informal

: doing something with other people without being seriously involved in it or having a serious interest in it

He wasn't interested in buying anything; he was just along for the ride.

He just came/went along for the ride.

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In fact, she's tried to bring Romano along for the ride. —

Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 The brief Queens carjacking with a small child involuntarily along for the ride comes just a day after a thief stole a car in the Bronx containing a 7-year-old boy. —

Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 Nov. 2024 Stories: Narratives people want to tell, carrying your message along for the ride. —

Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Helping things along: a generous dash of fun even in the midst of increasingly fraught story turns, lots of original songs, and a sense of trusting its audience to go along for the ride. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for along for the ride

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