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
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The Lakers now enter their final two games precariously balancing above disaster, needing to win on the road at Memphis and New Orleans while hoping for help to avoid ending as the 10th playoff seed.
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Rodrigo kicked off her run of shows in Palm Springs in February with Chappell Roan opening for her on the road.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Her new book, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, due out May 14 from Ecco, takes readers through her tumultuous childhood, her formative college years and on the road for her first shows.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Goodall is now on one of her globe-circling jaunts that keep her on the road some 300 days a year.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The winner will play either Frisco Wakeland (24-0-2) or Leander Rouse (20-4-3) in the Class 5A state championship on Saturday at 11 a.m.
The Colleyville Heritage Panthers (23-0-2), on the road to state, have outscored opponents by a whopping 107 goals and have only conceded 16.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
Neither does the sting of losing a heartbreaker on the road the day before, not when there’s another game to be played, as was the case Thursday.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Truck drivers often don’t have a chance to do their laundry easily on the road, for example, so Intuit Dome has built-in laundry facilities for visiting crews backstage – not unlike how, on the basketball side, referees have been given their own locker room.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
The Missouri and Texas departments of transportation are both advising drivers to not wear eclipse glasses during the natural phenomenon and to focus on the road.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Rodrigo kicked off her run of shows in Palm Springs in February with Chappell Roan opening for her on the road.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Her new book, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, due out May 14 from Ecco, takes readers through her tumultuous childhood, her formative college years and on the road for her first shows.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Goodall is now on one of her globe-circling jaunts that keep her on the road some 300 days a year.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The winner will play either Frisco Wakeland (24-0-2) or Leander Rouse (20-4-3) in the Class 5A state championship on Saturday at 11 a.m.
The Colleyville Heritage Panthers (23-0-2), on the road to state, have outscored opponents by a whopping 107 goals and have only conceded 16.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
Neither does the sting of losing a heartbreaker on the road the day before, not when there’s another game to be played, as was the case Thursday.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Truck drivers often don’t have a chance to do their laundry easily on the road, for example, so Intuit Dome has built-in laundry facilities for visiting crews backstage – not unlike how, on the basketball side, referees have been given their own locker room.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
The Missouri and Texas departments of transportation are both advising drivers to not wear eclipse glasses during the natural phenomenon and to focus on the road.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
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