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.
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Elsewhere, a young Philadelphia Flyers team looks to get on track on the road against a good Carolina Hurricanes squad.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Boston Globe reporter Lauren Daley went ahead and asked someone who might know, Dylan’s son Jakob, who is currently on the road with his band the Wallflowers.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
If Donald Trump is elected president for a second time on Tuesday, such moments will have been signposts on the road to an extraordinary comeback.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Nov. 2024
There were other cars on the road at first, but beyond the coastal city of Sidon, the highway was empty.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Boston Globe reporter Lauren Daley went ahead and asked someone who might know, Dylan’s son Jakob, who is currently on the road with his band the Wallflowers.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
If Donald Trump is elected president for a second time on Tuesday, such moments will have been signposts on the road to an extraordinary comeback.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Nov. 2024
There were other cars on the road at first, but beyond the coastal city of Sidon, the highway was empty.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“On the road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20road. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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