go along for the ride

verb

To accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.

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Meanings

verbgo along for the ride (third-person singular simple present goes along for the ride, present participle going along for the ride, simple past went along for the ride, past participle gone along for the ride)

present singular third person goes along for the ride · participle present going along for the ride · past went along for the ride · participle past gone along for the ride

  1. idiomaticTo accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.

    Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride. At his side was Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and his on-again, off-again lover.

    2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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MLA

“go along for the ride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20along%20for%20the%20ride. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go along for the ride,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20along%20for%20the%20ride.

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