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road trip

noun

1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
road-trip intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.
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Turn your dashboard into an entertainment hub that solves road trip boredom. New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025 Sitting late in the game continued an ongoing trend of LaVine that began on the recent road trip. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025 The Buffalo Bills' franchise QB, Josh Allen, was listed as a full participant at Thursday's practice, easing immediate concerns after a scare in Buffalo’s Week 12 loss to the Houston Texans and ahead of Sunday’s road trip to face the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 After getting banned from the flight, Nick embarks on a long road trip with the kids, experiencing a number of comedic obstacles along the way as the kids continue to push his boundaries. Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road trip

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of road trip was in 1953

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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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