road trip
noun
1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
Examples of road trip in a Sentence
The team won three of five games on its road trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
In 1985, artist Christopher Brooks accompanied Hockney on a road trip up the Pacific Coast Highway, documenting their trip with his camera.
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Christopher Anderson, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
The rail sections of Spectacular South Signature are spent in the top-tier Scenic Plus class, but note that more time is spent on other forms of transport, including a private-coach road trip down the South Island’s wild, train-less West Coast.
—Steve Madgwick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Maya, a 17-year-old Obsession fan, convinced her family of five (plus her brother’s girlfriend) to take an hour-and-15-minute road trip from their home in Palmdale to North Hollywood for a Sunday night meal.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
As summer road trip season arrives and gas prices continue to swing, travelers do not have to burn through a full vacation budget to get out of town.
—CBS News, 18 June 2026
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Christopher Anderson, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
The rail sections of Spectacular South Signature are spent in the top-tier Scenic Plus class, but note that more time is spent on other forms of transport, including a private-coach road trip down the South Island’s wild, train-less West Coast.
—Steve Madgwick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Maya, a 17-year-old Obsession fan, convinced her family of five (plus her brother’s girlfriend) to take an hour-and-15-minute road trip from their home in Palmdale to North Hollywood for a Sunday night meal.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
As summer road trip season arrives and gas prices continue to swing, travelers do not have to burn through a full vacation budget to get out of town.
—CBS News, 18 June 2026
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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