on the road

on the road
on the road
Fig. traveling from place to place, not necessarily on the highways; working away from one's home or office. •

I was on the road with the circus for six months.

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I don't work in the main office anymore. Now I'm on the road.

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{adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Traveling; moving from one place to another. * /When we go on vacation, we take a lunch to eat while on the road./ * /Mr. Smith is on the road for his insurance company./ 2. Changing; going from one condition to another. * /Mary was very sick for several weeks, but now she is on the road to recovery./ * /Hard study in school put John on the road to success./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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