hit the road

phrase

: leave, travel

also : to set out

Examples of hit the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Up next, Millsap will hit the road to face Hamilton (4-4, 3-2) on Friday. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026

Bryan will hit the road again beginning on April 28, 2027, with the Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs Tour. — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2026

To help make up ground from the disadvantage of a statewide race without an R next to his name, Achilles has hit the road. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Then Florida hit the road, got beaten to a pulp by Missouri and returned to Gainesville for much of the same, courtesy of South Carolina. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hit the road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed