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

The Broncos had been 1-112 when trailing by 14 or more points when entering the fourth quarter on the road, according to CBS. —Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025

There’s not many teams that can put four guys that don’t start into the game [on the offensive line] and feel confident about going and winning a game, especially on the road. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025

And, most importantly, the only three teams in the previous three seasons to win a Division Series Game 1 on the road and then lose Game 2 — the 2022 Phillies, the 2023 Phillies and the 2024 Mets — all won the series. —Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025

The 13-track indie folk record explores themes of romance, uncertainty, and life on the road. —Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

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