road trip
noun
1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
Examples of road trip in a Sentence
The team won three of five games on its road trip.
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Performance looks unexciting and the range is more like EVs from four years ago, making this more of a city or suburban runaround with commuting capabilities, rather than the car for that family holiday road trip.
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James Morris, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Sweden has opted for non-fiction this year, and The Last Journey finds a retired schoolteacher taking an impromptu road trip to rediscover his joie de vivre.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
The toddler ate a few bites of her father’s Quarter Pounder hamburger with onions during a family road trip on Oct. 2.
—Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Think of this bottle as the ultimate road trip companion for someone who constantly makes pit stops at the gas station to grab another seltzer or a solution for an office or dorm room mini fridge that simply can’t fit an entire case of La Croix.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2024
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James Morris, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Sweden has opted for non-fiction this year, and The Last Journey finds a retired schoolteacher taking an impromptu road trip to rediscover his joie de vivre.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
The toddler ate a few bites of her father’s Quarter Pounder hamburger with onions during a family road trip on Oct. 2.
—Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Think of this bottle as the ultimate road trip companion for someone who constantly makes pit stops at the gas station to grab another seltzer or a solution for an office or dorm room mini fridge that simply can’t fit an entire case of La Croix.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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