on the road
476
3.4
- idiom
:
de gira
- We have been on the road for three weeks now.
- home and on the road
- days on the road
- take the show on the road
Listen, literally we've not been on the road since early March.
- Listen, literally we've not been on the road since early March.
- I used to work in dispatch and on the road for thousands of hours.
- Dealing with it on the road though, was pretty hard.
- Those guys were on the road, you know, within hours.
- And I set off really on the road to America.
Examples
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Just pack up and head out on the road.
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Listen, literally we've not been on the road since early March.
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So until then I had to get on the road and travel and train.
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Those guys were on the road, you know, within hours.
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Well, I just wanted to get back out on the road again.
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And it's a little lonely on the road.
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Time to get going on the road to Toronto.
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I'm going to be out there on the road for the next few years.
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I just can't wait to get on the road again.
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After finishing his project, he is excited to be back on the road for his next tour.
Synonyms
146
1.1
Going from one place to another, often over a distance
85
2.7
A trip in which people travel to give shows or events
75
3.9
Often traveling or changing what you do
8
7.9
Traveling from place to place for work
2
6.5
Traveling a lot and staying in temporary places, rarely unpacking
1
9.3
Moving from place to place, often for work
Antonyms
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'travelling from place to place' follows directly from the locative composition 'on' + 'the' + 'road' — being on the road naturally implies movement or travel. This locative-to-motion extension is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English usage, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the idiomatic sense.
Etymology
On the road comes from the simple image of someone physically on the road, moving from place to place like a band or team that goes from town to town. That's why it means 'travelling', often as part of work.