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

That would include beating a Bengals team on the road that beat them by 18 points on Thanksgiving, beating the 11-2 New England Patriots and the 9-3-1 Green Bay Packers and then winning in Pittsburgh in Week 18. —Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2025

Next up for the Vikings will be a Week 15 matchup on the road against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. —Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025

Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible. —Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Dec. 2025

The accident took place when a large passenger bus rear-ended a truck that was stopped on the road due to a flat tire, per AA. —Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

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