hit the road

Meaning

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To leave a place; to go away.

Etymology

Compare typologically Russian уда́риться в бега́ (udáritʹsja v begá), уда́рить по та́пкам (udáritʹ po tápkam), тро́нуться (trónutʹsja).

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