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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But plenty of key bills lawmakers were pushing for didn't hitch a ride, such as legislation to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act and to authorize the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource.
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Maria Curi, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
Pests and diseases can hitch a ride indoors when bringing plants in for the winter.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
Now that House Speaker Mike Johnson has pulled the stopgap spending deal after a flurry of opposition from President-elect Trump's ally Elon Musk and fellow Republicans, the tech measures that were set to hitch a ride are in jeopardy.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
With the clock ticking, Floyd puts together a plan for him and a couple of other experts — Discovery designer Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) and HAL creator R Chandra (Bob Balaban) — to hitch a ride on a Soviet spacecraft that'll make it into space long before the in-development Discovery 2.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Maria Curi, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
Pests and diseases can hitch a ride indoors when bringing plants in for the winter.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
Now that House Speaker Mike Johnson has pulled the stopgap spending deal after a flurry of opposition from President-elect Trump's ally Elon Musk and fellow Republicans, the tech measures that were set to hitch a ride are in jeopardy.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
With the clock ticking, Floyd puts together a plan for him and a couple of other experts — Discovery designer Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) and HAL creator R Chandra (Bob Balaban) — to hitch a ride on a Soviet spacecraft that'll make it into space long before the in-development Discovery 2.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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