go along for the ride

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go 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)

1. (idiomatic) To accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.
   • 2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.