along for the ride

phrase

: in company

As we waited, I chatted with lawmakers … who were along for the ride.

—Lincoln Chafee

also : in company with no other purpose than to be present

Griffin and I were really just along for the ride …

—Gene Kranz

Examples of along for the ride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Arizona State, Louisville, Marquette, SMU, Texas and Xavier are also along for the ride. — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

After grabbing a bite to eat while waiting for their new flights — both of which were ultimately canceled — Sedmak found a reasonable rental car and invited Salewich along for the ride. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Einstein’s general theory of relativity dictates that a twirling black hole would bring spacetime along for the ride, warping it in a process known as the Lense-Thirring effect. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

Stella Juva tackles that problem by taking its own source of electricity along for the ride. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for along for the ride

• acetaldehyde
• acetanilide
• arabinoside
• cycloheximide
• cyclophosphamide
• diethylamide
• dinucleotide
• ferricyanide
• ferrocyanide
• glutaraldehyde
• glyceraldehyde
• hydroperoxide