take (one) for a sleigh ride
take (one) for a sleigh ride
To con, swindle, mislead, or deceive someone. That get-rich-quick guru took tens of thousands of people for a sleigh ride, lining his own pockets with their investments. I can't believe I let the salesman take me for a sleigh ride like that.
See also: ride, sleigh, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take someone for a sleigh ride
mislead someone.A sleigh ride here is an implausible or false story or a hoax: if you take someone for a sleigh ride you mislead or cheat them. Sleigh ride can also mean ‘a drug-induced high’, so take a sleigh ride means ‘take drugs, especially cocaine’.
See also: ride, sleigh, someone, take
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- take someone for a sleigh ride
- take (one) for a ride
- take for a ride
- take somebody for a ride
- take someone for a ride
- sucker (one) in
- sucker someone in
- chisel
- chisel out of
- chiseled