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

In general, brighter colors tend to stand out to both cars and other cyclists while on the road, increasing your visibility. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025

Filmed on the bus, backstage, and onstage during his 2023 run of solo shows on the West Coast, Coastal provides a pretty intimidate look at Young on the road during his first tour in four years. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025

But with less creepiness and ill intent. Translate that to the car on the road. —New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025

Miami lost the opening leg 1-0 on the road in Los Angeles on Wednesday night and faces a must-win game in the home leg this upcoming Wednesday. —Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

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