travel light

Idioms and Phrases

Take little baggage; also, be relatively free of responsibilities or deep thoughts, as in I can be ready in half an hour; I always travel light , or I don't want to buy a house and get tied down; I like to travel light , or It's hard to figure out whom they'll attack next, because ideologically they travel light . The literal use dates from the 1920s, the figurative from the mid-1900s.

Example Sentences

You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.

From The Daily Beast

He would let Bunting travel light to the Rio Seco, and then load him for her as no burro ever was loaded to cross the border!

From Project Gutenberg

We're going to travel light as possible, so put down two double-roofed ridge tents twelve by ten, with ground-sheets.

From Project Gutenberg

There was not a great deal to be done for the three rescuers would travel light.

From Project Gutenberg

I like to travel light in this way sometimes, it gives one a sense of greater freedom, of independence.

From Project Gutenberg

We tied on our coats in a roll like blankets, but we took no blankets, for we must travel light.

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