hit the road

phrase

: leave, travel

also : to set out

Examples of hit the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bolstered by the high-profile slot, Jed LaPlant and his partner Ariana, the husband-and-wife songwriters who founded Wild Horses, sold their home, picked up a 1989 Chevy Astro van, and hit the road. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2026

To find out, Ken Molestina and a CBS News Texas crew hit the road to hear directly from voters across the metroplex and get a sense of the Texas state of mind. — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

With more cars equipped with partial automation hitting the road, safety researchers are growing increasingly worried about driver attention and the potential for these systems to cause crashes. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026

Also hitting the road was Vice President JD Vance, who campaigned in North Carolina, where Republicans have been pessimistic about retaining a Senate seat. — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 29 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