hit the road

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hit the road (third-person singular simple present hits the road, present participle hitting the road, simple past and past participle hit the road)

1. (idiomatic) To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.

   Synonym: hit the pavement

   If we're gonna make it by sunset, we'd better hit the road.

2. (idiomatic) To leave a place; to go away.

   Synonym: hit the trail

   It's time for me to hit the road and walk home.

Translations

to begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle

• Finnish: lähteä tien päälle, lähteä ajamaan
• French: prendre la route (fr)
• Portuguese: botar o pé na estrada

to leave a place; to go away

• Azerbaijani: yola düşmək
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上路 (zh) (shànglù)

• Finnish: häipyä (fi)
• French: mettre les voiles (fr)
• German: sich auf den Weg machen, die Kurve kratzen (de)
• Hungarian: útnak indul (hu), útra kel, szedi a sátorfáját, felkerekedik (hu), (colloquial) lelécel (hu)
• Portuguese: botar o pé na estrada
• Russian: отпра́виться в доро́гу pf (otprávitʹsja v dorógu)

See also

• hit it