on the road

idiom

1

: traveling especially in a car, truck, bus, etc.

We've been on the road since Tuesday.

Musicians often spend many months on the road.

2

of a vehicle : being used

You don't see too many of those cars on the road anymore.

3

: in good enough condition to be legally driven

It will cost $1,500 to get the car back on the road.

Examples of on the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Things won't get any easier for Texas A&M on the road on Saturday night in front of what will be an excited crowd and against a very motivated Florida team. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025

Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road. —Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Mar. 2025

Millennium House is an 11-bed mental health housing project where residents are given their own plan, tailored to their specific needs, to set them on the road to getting their own independent home. —Simon Perry, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025

Isbell is currently on the road in support of Foxes in the Snow. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed