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road trip

noun

Definition of road trip

1 : a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2 : an extended trip in a motor vehicle

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road-trip \ ˈrƍd-​ˈtrip How to pronounce road-trip (audio) \ intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.

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Pitt will follow the Penn State game with a road trip to Central Florida as the Panthers challenging non-conference slate heats up. Scott Keepfer, USA TODAY, "ACC power rankings: Clemson remains No. 1, but there is new No. 2 after Week 2 games," 9 Sep. 2019 The Astros have days off on Sept. 16 and 19 surrounding a two-game set with the Rangers and Monday, Sept. 23, before a regular-season ending road trip to Seattle and Anaheim. David Barron, Houston Chronicle, "Astros to roll with 4-man rotation for rest of season," 8 Sep. 2019 Auburn’s offense is shaky, and that is concerning with just one more game before a road trip to College Station, Texas, and Texas A&M, but here is the good news. Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, "Rugged Auburn defense gives Bo Nix luxury of time," 7 Sep. 2019 American Heritage struggled on a road trip to Washington, D.C., to face Gonzaga, falling 33-14. Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, "Week 3 Broward County football rankings," 3 Sep. 2019 Kepler had not sat out back-to-back games since April 20-21 during a road trip to Baltimore. Dana Gauruder, Twin Cities, "Max Kepler back in Twins’ lineup after two-game absence," 30 Aug. 2019 Her most popular video to date, a road trip to Las Vegas with comedy duo the Dolan Twins and beauty vlogger James Charles, three of YouTube’s most popular celebrities, has 27 million views. Rebecca Nelson, Marie Claire, "The Emma Chamberlain Effect," 26 Aug. 2019 The Buckeyes’ 2024 schedule still has two open dates following a season-opening road trip to Washington. Nathan Baird, cleveland.com, "Ohio State football to play Arkansas State in 2022, San Jose State and Western Kentucky in 2023," 22 Aug. 2019 His most memorable foreign policy foray was a road trip to France to try to strike an alliance with Yellow Vest protesters. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, "Where Does Italy’s Enfeebled Five Star Find Itself? At the Center of Power," 22 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of road trip

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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road trip

noun

English Language Learners Definition of road trip

US
: a long trip in a car, truck, etc.
: a trip that is taken by a sports team in order to play one or more games

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