From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget/take a free rideget/take a free rideinformalFREE/COST NOTHING to get something without paying for it or working for it, because other people are paying or working for it They are encouraging all workers to join the union rather than just taking a free ride on those who do join. → free
Examples from the Corpus
get/take a free ride• Suppose we get a free ride into the land of happiness?• The company got a free ride on just about everything. 