hitch a ride

idiom

informal
: to get a ride in a passing vehicle
Her car broke down, so she had to hitch a ride with a passing truck.

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Recent Examples on the Web Pest Inspect Bad bugs love to hitch a ride from the grower and multiply in less than ideal conditions. Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024 Dawkins had to provide her own transportation and was able to hitch a ride, along with some other students, to and from Dillard. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 These pathogens can hitch a ride on shoes when people travel. Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024 That’s left the tax bill as the odd man out, as Wyden searches for another piece of legislation on which the tax provisions could hitch a ride before mid-April. Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024 In order to bridge the gap, the team modified the small vaccine components to include a fatty acid, which enables the vaccine to effectively hitch a ride on albumin, a common protein found throughout the body. Jaimie Seaton, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024 Many invasive insects often come over in packing materials or hitch a ride with infected plants. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024 The creatures were able to hitch a ride on a private plane thanks to a nonprofit organization called Turtles Fly Too. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023 Other plants and animals have been known to hitch a ride with ordinary travelers moving by car, plane or train. Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023

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“Hitch a ride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hitch%20a%20ride. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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