campaign trail
Definition of campaign trail
: a route that takes a candidate for office to different places in order to talk to people during a campaign The candidates talked about the people they met on the campaign trail.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: a connected series of military operations forming a distinct phase of a war
: a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result
: to go on, engage in, or conduct a campaign
: to enter (something, such as a horse or boat) in competition
: to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground
: to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner
: to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground
: a track made by passage especially through a wilderness
: a marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region
: a trace or mark left by something that has passed or been drawn along : scent, track
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up campaign trail? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!