hitch a ride
Thumb a lift
To hitch a ride is to get transportation from someone, typically a stranger, by standing at the roadside and signaling passing vehicles—often with an outstretched thumb.
The phrase implies informal, unplanned travel without payment: We hitched a ride with a trucker heading west.
More broadly, it means to get carried along by attaching to something already in motion: The bill hitched a ride on the budget resolution.
- hitchhikeSolicit rides from strangers
- carpoolShared commute arrangement
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- thumbShort opposable digit
- favorKind act or preference
agreement · backpacking · travel light · stranger danger · wanderlust · free spirit · gesture · nomadism · precaution · request · adventure · shoulder · trust · spontaneity · offer · risk assessment · highway · rideshare
hitch a ridestay put
Remain in place
stay home · settle down · put down roots · go nowhere · wait it out
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