Idiom
go along for the ride
Meaning
To accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I do not have a plan, so I will just go along for the ride.”
“My friends are planning a road trip across the country, and I decided to go along for the ride.”
“Rather than leading the project, he preferred to go along for the ride and let his more ambitious colleagues handle the difficult decisions.”
Examples
simple
“I do not have a plan, so I will just go along for the ride.”
contextual
“My friends are planning a road trip across the country, and I decided to go along for the ride.”
complex
“Rather than leading the project, he preferred to go along for the ride and let his more ambitious colleagues handle the difficult decisions.”
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