Antonyms for joy ride

Grammar : Noun

Spell : joi-rahyd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd

Definition of joy ride

As in run : noun journey

Example sentences :

That wasnt a joy ride to show what I could do in the way of handling the planeoh, no!
Extract from : « Don Hale with the Flying Squadron » by W. Crispin Sheppard

"Come on for a joy ride, Pete, and fetch Dickie," invited Wiggle.
Extract from : « Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. » by Nellie M. Leonard

We'll plaster and bandage 'em up and they will finish their joy ride in the cart.
Extract from : « Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. » by Nellie M. Leonard

With this, he went for a joy ride, and got drunk into the bargain.
Extract from : « The Forged Note » by Oscar Micheaux

I suppose it's kinder to them than to go for a joy ride; but it's hard on me.
Extract from : « Polly of the Hospital Staff » by Emma C. Dowd

I used to pile them in and give them as good a joy ride as the chauffeur, acting under orders, would allow.
Extract from : « The Great War As I Saw It » by Frederick George Scott

At 10-30 we went out for a walk—five of us—and our destination was the trenches, just for a few hours' joy ride.
Extract from : « Letters from France » by Isaac Alexander Mack

But, alas, it was an adventure which was to prove something more than a joy ride, before another two hours were past.
Extract from : « Dastral of the Flying Corps » by Rowland Walker

Terry might have been having a joy ride, a romp in the air, by the way she was banking so carelessly, circling and levelling off.
Extract from : « Gypsies of the Air » by Bess Moyer

For me to take this joy ride meant throwing over a whole day's engagements like so many ninepins.
Extract from : « The Brightener » by C. N. Williamson

Synonyms for joy ride

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