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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Many invasive insects often come over in packing materials or hitch a ride with infected plants.
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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
Send the Toms to The Valley Tom Schwartz and Sandoval should hitch a ride with Lala to The Valley.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 May 2024
Light infantry troops sneer at mechanized infantry, who hitch a ride to battle.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
Because of Icelandair’s hub-and-spoke model, passengers won’t ever hitch a ride straight to a city like Paris or Amsterdam, but Ingason said plenty of travelers are taking advantage of that stop in Reykjavik.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
Send the Toms to The Valley Tom Schwartz and Sandoval should hitch a ride with Lala to The Valley.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 May 2024
Light infantry troops sneer at mechanized infantry, who hitch a ride to battle.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
Because of Icelandair’s hub-and-spoke model, passengers won’t ever hitch a ride straight to a city like Paris or Amsterdam, but Ingason said plenty of travelers are taking advantage of that stop in Reykjavik.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
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“Hitch a ride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hitch%20a%20ride. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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