get a free ride
get a free ride
To get some benefit, advantage, or special treatment without earning it or paying for it. Even though his grades were poor, Gary thought he should get a free ride to college because he was a football star. You're getting a free ride living with your parents. You don't even have to pay rent!
See also: free, get, ride
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get, take, etc. a free ˈride
have an advantage or a benefit from a situation without doing anything to deserve it: The free ride is over — either you start working or quit.See also: free, ride
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- get, take, etc. a free ride
- free ride
- a free ride
- exert
- exert (oneself)
- exert oneself
- bill of goods
- by guess and by gosh
- be in the driving seat
- be in the saddle