hitch a ride

idiom

informal

: to get a ride in a passing vehicle

Her car broke down, so she had to hitch a ride with a passing truck.

Examples of hitch a ride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, the moths hitch a ride on air currents or tropical storms coming from Central and South America, southern Florida, and southern Texas. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025

The astronauts themselves will be aboard an Orion capsule that will hitch a ride out of Earth's atmosphere atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket, built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025

While many winter pests hitch a ride indoors, Hancock points out that dry, warm conditions (like those found in heated homes in winter) are the ideal environment for spider mites. —Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 14 Sep. 2025

Pizza around the planet The Pizza Planet delivery truck made its debut in Toy Story when Woody and Buzz hitch a ride in the back seat. —Kelly Connolly, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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