Verb
go along for the ride (third-person singular simple present goes along for the ride, present participle going along for the ride, simple past went along for the ride, past participle gone along for the ride)
(idiomatic) To accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.
Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you. Philip Roth
Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride. Nicolas Cage