come along for the ride

Meaning

1. come / go along for the ride

   to join in an activity for pleasure but without being seriously interested in it

In the movies · 3

• And guess what They want us along for the rideThe World's End2013
• It blows up. They bring everyone along for the ride.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
• Gee, it's too bad the rest of the old gang won't be along for the ride!Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island1998
• He ain't got nobody else. He just wanted to come along for the ride.The Blind Side2009
• Well, I don't know where I'm going, but you are welcome to come along for the ride.Aladdin and the King of Thieves1996
• Or did we both come along for the ride? No, no.Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein1948

Learn it in full scenes

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
  • The Puzzle Box Invitation
  • Miles Welcomes the Group to His Island
  • Miles's Disruption Dinner Speech

From the same entry

• be riding for a fall
• be riding high
• let ride
• ride the crest of
• ride herd on
• ride shotgun
• ride a wave of
• if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
• ride on
• ride out
• ride up
• have a rough easy ride

More idioms

• do your own thing
• drink like a fish
• err on the side of
• fly in the face of
• get under skin
• have eyes in the back of your head
• have your feet on the ground
• have your work cut out
• i beg to differ
• it is just as well
• keep quiet about
• keep your options open