(slang, idiomatic) To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.
If we're gonna make it by sunset, we'd better hit the road.
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(slang, idiomatic) To leave a place; to go away.
It's time for me to hit the road and walk home.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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