hitch a ride
idiom
informal
: to get a ride in a passing vehicle
Her car broke down, so she had to hitch a ride with a passing truck.
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Now that House Speaker Mike Johnson has pulled the stopgap spending deal after a flurry of opposition from President-elect Trump's ally Elon Musk and fellow Republicans, the tech measures that were set to hitch a ride are in jeopardy.
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Maria Curi, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
With the clock ticking, Floyd puts together a plan for him and a couple of other experts — Discovery designer Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) and HAL creator R Chandra (Bob Balaban) — to hitch a ride on a Soviet spacecraft that'll make it into space long before the in-development Discovery 2.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
With the motor backing up the internal combustion engine, the e-motor enables the system to turn off all eight cylinders and hitch a ride on the electric side.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
For one, bedbugs don’t fly, are lousy walkers, and must hitch a ride to travel any significant distance.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Maria Curi, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
With the clock ticking, Floyd puts together a plan for him and a couple of other experts — Discovery designer Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) and HAL creator R Chandra (Bob Balaban) — to hitch a ride on a Soviet spacecraft that'll make it into space long before the in-development Discovery 2.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
With the motor backing up the internal combustion engine, the e-motor enables the system to turn off all eight cylinders and hitch a ride on the electric side.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
For one, bedbugs don’t fly, are lousy walkers, and must hitch a ride to travel any significant distance.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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