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Phrase: Along for the ride
The phrase along for the ride is used when someone is present at an event but is not participating.
Imagine you are staying at home because you have a broken leg.
Your friends come over to ask you to join a pick-up basketball game at the park.
Of course, you have a broken leg, so you can’t play, but you can go along for the ride.
You can be present at the park and cheer or only sit and watch, but you can’t play.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is simple and easy to read.
It’s likely to be understood by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 84.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.
