on the road
Between here, there
On the road means traveling, especially for an extended period or as part of one's work or lifestyle.
Musicians and salespeople spend time on the road, moving from place to place.
The phrase suggests motion and transience rather than settled life: I've been on the road for three weeks.
It can also mean in progress toward a destination or goal: We should get on the road early.
- KerouacBeat Generation novelist
- beat poetFifties avant-garde versifier
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- highwayMajor road for travel
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
two-lane blacktop · journey · vagabond · Beat Generation · freedom · wanderlust · drifter · counterculture · Americana · hitchhiking · coffeehouse culture · discovery · crossroads · boxcar · long haul · truck stop · rest area · horizon
- away from hometravel, vacation, trip, holiday, business trip
- out of townvacation, trip, weekend getaway, business trip, holiday
- driving slangfloor it, gun it, pedal to the metal, pedal to metal, peel out
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen