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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Also along for the ride into orbit were four suitcase-sized satellites that NASA will deploy on a separate mission to study the sun.
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
At that point the vehicles had run out of planets to observe, but both were still essentially healthy—so NASA decided to follow along for the ride.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
But film study was just a little bit easier with a late-night partner along for the ride.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
In season one, Tanya scattered her mother’s ashes in the Pacific Ocean (or attempted to) with newlyweds Rachel (Alexandra D’Addario) and Shane (Jake Lacy) along for the ride.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
At that point the vehicles had run out of planets to observe, but both were still essentially healthy—so NASA decided to follow along for the ride.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
But film study was just a little bit easier with a late-night partner along for the ride.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
In season one, Tanya scattered her mother’s ashes in the Pacific Ocean (or attempted to) with newlyweds Rachel (Alexandra D’Addario) and Shane (Jake Lacy) along for the ride.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Along for the ride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/along%20for%20the%20ride. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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