hit the trail
1hit the trail — see ↑trail, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑hit hit the trail chiefly US : to begin a journey We should be ready to hit the trail by 8:00. The candidates will soon be hitting the campaign trail. • • • …
2hit the trail — be on/go on/hit the trail ► to be trying to find, get, or achieve something: »He tells candidates to raise money early, before they hit the trail for speeches and handshakes. Main Entry: ↑trail …
3hit the trail — tv. to leave. (As if one were riding a horse.) □ I have to hit the trail before sunset. □ Let’s hit the trail. It’s late …
4hit the trail — verb To leave or depart. Its time for me to hit the trail and be on my way …
5hit the trail — ► hit the road (or N. Amer. trail) informal set out on a journey. Main Entry: ↑hit …
6be on/go on/hit the trail — ► to be trying to find, get, or achieve something: »He tells candidates to raise money early, before they hit the trail for speeches and handshakes. Main Entry: ↑trail …
7Hit-the-trail holliday — George M. Cohan s breezy four act farce based on an idea given to Cohan by George Middleton and Guy Bolton, who collaborated with him, was produced by Cohan and Sam H. Harris at the Astor Theatre for 336 performances beginning on 13 September… …
8hit the trail — Begin to travel …
9hit the bricks — verb a) To travel about, especially on foot. [T]housands of brewers, waiters and waitresses, bartenders, cooks, checkers, cashiers, dishwashers, hotel maids and bellmen, too, would be forced to hit the bricks in search of other work. b) To leave… …
10hit the road — Synonyms and related words: bat around, be off, beat it, begone, bum, clear out, count ties, divagate, drift, flake off, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, get, get going, get lost, get out, git, go about, go the rounds, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt …
