thumb a ride

In the United States, protectionism managed to thumb a ride because both outsourcing and immigration were eating away at native employment in blue-collar jobs.

They even stand straight up on their tails and wave back and forth in an apparent attempt to thumb a ride.

Right now, European travelers hoping to get to Monrovia or Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown must squeeze on to services operated by Brussels Airlines and Royal Air Maroc, or thumb a ride on a military jet.

“We’re going to Highway Forty and thumb a ride to Tiburon, South Carolina. At least we’re gonna try.”

Then, something came over me — I decided to thumb a ride.