hit the road

phrase

: leave, travel

also : to set out

Examples of hit the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The president has hit the road almost daily this month, holding rallies in a host of states — including Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Georgia, and Kentucky this week alone. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Others packed up cars and hit the road, heeding evacuation orders that were issued for coastal counties. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

The Grammy Award-winning singer will hit the road for the Everything Begins Tour in April, marking her first North American tour since a brief retreat from the public eye to focus on her sobriety and newfound fame. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid has been hitting the road on a book tour for the deluxe edition of the hockey romance novel. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 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