on the road

idiom

1

: traveling especially in a car, truck, bus, etc.

We've been on the road since Tuesday.

Musicians often spend many months on the road.

2

of a vehicle : being used

You don't see too many of those cars on the road anymore.

3

: in good enough condition to be legally driven

It will cost $1,500 to get the car back on the road.

Examples of on the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025

Meanwhile, in May, Jelly will join Post Malone on the road for The Big Ass Stadium Tour throughout North America. —Daniela Avila, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025

Chuck will be on the road with PE this summer, playing a run of festivals in the U.S. and Europe in May and June before joining Guns N’ Roses for a run of European shows this summer. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025

Then, the Mavericks are 6.5-point underdogs on the road against the Grizzlies. —Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

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