road hog

road hog
road hog
Fig. someone who drives carelessly and selfishly. •

Look at that road hog driving in the middle of the road and stopping other drivers from passing him.

That road hog nearly knocked the children over. He was driving too fast.

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{n.}, {informal} A car driver who takes more than his share of the road. * /A road hog forced John's car into the ditch./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • road hog — ☆ road hog n. a person who drives a vehicle in the middle of the road so that it is hard or impossible for others to pass …   English World dictionary

  • road hog — n informal someone who drives badly or too fast without thinking about other people s safety …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • road hog — ► NOUN informal ▪ a reckless or inconsiderate motorist …   English terms dictionary

  • road hog — n. someone who takes too much space on a road or highway; someone who seems to run other people off the road. □ Get over! Road hog! □ A road hog nearly ran me off the road …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • road hog — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms road hog : singular road hog plural road hogs informal someone who drives in a dangerous way, often making it difficult for other cars to pass …   English dictionary

  • road hog —    A term in use since the very end of the nineteenth century to describe a selfish user of the highway, especially a driver who appears to think the road is for his personal use alone.    ‘You road hog’ is addressed to the driver of a taxi in… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • road hog — np Someone who takes up to much of the road. I can t pass because the driver ahead of me is a road hog. 1950s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

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