The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word USED , but the solution may also be CONNED which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Took for a ride crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| USED | 29 % | 4 |
| DUPED | 21 % | 5 |
| CONNED | 14 % | 6 |
| MISLED | 7 % | 6 |
| SWINDLED | 7 % | 8 |
| BUSED | 7 % | 5 |
| ROOKED | 7 % | 6 |
| HOSED | 7 % | 5 |
Why may CONNED be the right solution?
"Took for a ride" is a common idiom that means to deceive or trick someone. "Conned" is a slang term that means the same thing, making it the correct answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Took for a ride
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- carousel
- conduct
- fly
- goes
- gone
- hops
- run
- spin
- take
- turn
- hop
Crossword Answer definitions
USED verb- To utilize or employ.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
- To behave, act, comport oneself.
- That is or has or have been used.
- That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
- Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result USED
- Not new
- Took advantage of
- "Pre-owned," in car ads
- Accustomed
- Depleted
- Kind of bookstore
- Played for a sap
- Pre-owned
- Previously owned
- Tag sale items, mostly
More clues leading to the result DUPED
- Fooled
- Hoodwinked
- Took for a ride
- Made a fool of
- Conned
- Scammed
- Bamboozled
- Made a copy of
- Snookered
- Flimflammed
More clues leading to the result CONNED
- Pulled a fast one
- Took in
- Swindled
- Flimflammed
- Ripped off
- Took
- Hustled
- Fooled in a swindle
- Put something over on
- Learned by perusal.
More clues leading to the result MISLED
- Fooled
- Caused to go astray
- Bamboozled
- Deceived
- Planted a red herring, say
- Took in
- Gave false clues to, e.g.
- Sent on a wild-goose chase
- Baited with a red herring
- Took for a ride
More clues leading to the result SWINDLED
More clues leading to the result BUSED
- Aided the waiter
- Took a Greyhound
- Did a restaurant job
- Cleared tables
- Gathered silver, among other things
- Did some after-dinner work, maybe?
- Cleared in a diner
- Went via Greyhound
- Transported, in a way
- Cleared off the dishes