B2idiominformaltravelIELTS-friendly
hit the road
USUK
to leave a place and start a journey
Informal. Used for road trips, and also simply to say 'I'm leaving now'.
In context
We should hit the road early to avoid the holiday traffic out of Hanoi.
It's getting late, so I think I'll hit the road now.
More idioms about travel
- get itchy feetto start wanting to travel or move somewhere new after staying in one place
- in the middle of nowherein a place far away from towns, shops and other people
- like a fish out of wateruncomfortable because you are in a place or situation that is new or strange to you
- live out of a suitcaseto travel so much that you never fully unpack or settle in one place
- off the beaten trackfar from the places that most tourists visit