hitch a ride

idiom

informal

: to get a ride in a passing vehicle

Her car broke down, so she had to hitch a ride with a passing truck.

Examples of hitch a ride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Without a local grocery option, Mabrey has had to take the bus or hitch a ride to shop for food. —

Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024 The lander will hitch a ride into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. —

Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024 So while there’s no way to get rid of all the creatures that might hitch a ride along the food processing chain, the FDA has established standards to keep food defects to a minimum. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024 So, grab one of Symone's Diana Ross breasts as a floatation device and hitch a ride on the S.S. Muse, because EW's BINGE podcast is back, back, back again. —

Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2023 That applies to bedbugs that may hitch a ride with you back to your home. —

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024 Pest Inspect Bad bugs love to hitch a ride from the grower and multiply in less than ideal conditions. —

Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024 Dawkins had to provide her own transportation and was able to hitch a ride, along with some other students, to and from Dillard. —

Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 These pathogens can hitch a ride on shoes when people travel. —

Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024

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