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on a trip

on a trip

44 1.0
Traveling away from home to visit another place for holiday or work
  • idiom
translation icon : de viaje
  • My son is going on a trip.
  • go on a trip
  • depart on a trip

My Julen got this for me on a trip to Saint Louis.

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Examples

  • We are going on a trip to the mountains next week.

  • I met Emeril on a trip to New Orleans.

  • A young man and his wife were on a trip to visit his mother.

  • Six years ago they went on a trip to Paris.

    Final Destination 3 (2006)

  • We're going on a trip.

    The Princess Diaries (2001)

  • I want to get away for a while, go on a trip maybe.

    This Could Be the Night (1957)

  • When I was still fairly young, my parents took the family on a trip to Britain.

    André Duqum

  • I made plans to go on a trip to Rome, which is another story.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The next year she embarked on a trip to Europe and the Soviet Union.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Nayla had a photograph of her father taken on a trip north before she was born.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

to visit
vson a trip
∞ 1.0

To go to see a person or place, usually for a short time

is being away from home to reach a destination, often for longer stays
to travel
vson a trip
∞ 1.0

To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure

is the same idea but emphasizes the state of being away from home
on the road
vson a trip
476 3.4

Travelling from place to place for work, like a band or sports team

is about temporary absence to reach a destination, not continuous work movement
to travel to
vson a trip
263 1.0

To go to another place for work or pleasure

is broader, focusing on being away from home to reach destinations
to tour
vson a trip
184 1.9

To travel to several places for work or pleasure

is a general form of being away from home, not going to many places
on tour
vson a trip
85 2.7

A trip in which people travel to give shows or events

is being away from home in general, not necessarily tied to group schedules
to journey
vson a trip
40 2.6

To travel from one place to another over a long distance

is being away from home to reach a place, not just the long move
to vacation
vson a trip
  • US
36 3.0

To spend time away from home or work to rest and relax

is being away from home for various purposes, not only rest
to trip
vson a trip
17 1.0

To travel somewhere for pleasure

is being away from home to reach a destination for any purpose
to jaunt
vson a trip
1 5.1

To go on a short trip for fun

is being away from home for many reasons, not only short fun breaks
to itinerate
vson a trip
8.7

To travel from place to place as part of your work

is broader, including leisure or single stays, not only work movement
to trav
vson a trip
  • Slang
9.9

To go to different places for pleasure or adventure

is the neutral phrase for being away from home for many purposes

Antonyms

to stay home
336 1.0

Be at home and not go out

to stay put
  • Informal
133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Long

on a trip
44 1.0
day return
  • UK
1 2.3

Surface Forms

on a trip main

Morphology

on + a + trip

The meaning 'traveling away from home' is directly and transparently derived from 'on' (indicating location or state) combined with 'trip' (a journey), with 'a' serving as a simple indefinite article. This preposition + noun phrase pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English usage, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

On a trip comes from the simple image of being on a trip, as if you step onto a path and go away from home to see a place, and one popular story says people used 'trip' for a short journey. So, it means 'traveling' or being away from home for a visit.