hit the road

phrase

: leave, travel

also : to set out

Examples of hit the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Junior hockey had returned to some normalcy coming out of the pandemic, allowing Forton and his staff to hit the road for more in-person scouting. — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Outdoing themselves, the group hit the road again in 2024, wrapping up their Hackney Diamonds tour just before Jagger’s 81st birthday in July. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026

When the stainless-steel pickup hit the road in 2023, Tesla was the world’s biggest electric-car company. — Tim Levin, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

The Royals will also hit the road for some holidays and other festivities in 2027. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Rhymes for hit the road

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