hit the road

Example Sentences

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More electric cars will hit the road in the coming years, even with demand slowing, the charging companies say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

I plotted out a 500-mile road trip through the north of the country to try to meet as many of those people as possible, and hit the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The RAC said the worst time to travel on Wednesday is from 1pm to 7pm as millions hit the road to get home before Christmas Day on Thursday, with delays expected on major routes.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

“I mean, she’ll get married first, but then, hit the road, you know?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

By the time Shin hit the road, defectors themselves, many of them former North Korean military and police officers, had taken over the trade and were quietly running for-profit operations.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden