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

This is part of a stretch that sees the Penguins play 11 of 16 games on the road, including games in three different time zones and three different countries (the United States, Canada and Sweden). —Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025

The Ducks will likely have a little less muscle but a bit more morale on the road. —Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025

Notably, the entire panel is picking the New England Patriots to beat the Tennessee Titans on the road in Tennessee's first game since firing Brian Callahan. —Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025

These conditions pose challenges for travel, so exercise extra caution on the road or consider postponing your trip if possible. —Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

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