the open road

noun

: roads that are away from cities and towns
traveling on the open road

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Now, it’s being sold to the highest bidder, with a pre-auction estimate of up to $4 million, hopefully destined for not another museum but the open road. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2025 Getting inside buildings happens to be a feature of Google Street View, but the trip isn’t defined by those, with long stretches of the open road possible. Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025 His brother, god of hunting and tracking, is caught in the cruel paradox of parole — somehow still unfree and searching for liberty and purpose, yearning for the seeming escape of his own car on the open road, always in danger of being hunted down himself. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025 Like vehicles throughout the BMW lineup, the xDrive45 is at its best on the open road. James Raia, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the open road

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“The open road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20open%20road. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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