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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The Netflix show has Fey bringing many of her writers from the TGS days to revive an Alan Alda movie from her youth, with buddies like Will Forte and Steve Carell along for the ride.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
When Luke shows up one day at her museum and steals a priceless Rembrandt, Charlotte gets unwittingly dragged along for the ride, losing her job and risking custody of her son Thomas (Benjamin Chivers), not to mention landing her in the crosshairs of Interpol inspector Jamal Abbass (Arian Moayed).
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 22 May 2025
And just really having fun with that concept and pushing it to its limits and just having a lot of fun scaring audiences, but also luring them along for the ride.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 May 2025
There’s a fresh glimpse of a silver lining in another slow-motion catastrophe of an election where circumstances and a relative handful of voters are again poised to decide on the city’s future with millions of other people here along for the ride.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
When Luke shows up one day at her museum and steals a priceless Rembrandt, Charlotte gets unwittingly dragged along for the ride, losing her job and risking custody of her son Thomas (Benjamin Chivers), not to mention landing her in the crosshairs of Interpol inspector Jamal Abbass (Arian Moayed).
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 22 May 2025
And just really having fun with that concept and pushing it to its limits and just having a lot of fun scaring audiences, but also luring them along for the ride.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 May 2025
There’s a fresh glimpse of a silver lining in another slow-motion catastrophe of an election where circumstances and a relative handful of voters are again poised to decide on the city’s future with millions of other people here along for the ride.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for along for the ride
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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 5 Jun. 2025.
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