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

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is the only member of the band keeping their music alive on the road. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024

The pair had lived a high-octane life on the road, hopping from city to city, partying, neglecting themselves but putting on bigger and better shows. —Thomas Smith, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024

The number of nighttime drivers is in fact rapidly increasing, due to the rise of overnight delivery services such as Amazon’s Prime Overnight, potentially leading to more drowsy drivers on the road. —Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

There aren’t actually animals on the road or frogs or whatever those things are. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024