On the Road

American  

noun

1. a novel (1957) by Jack Kerouac.

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on the road Idioms  

1. Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]

2. on the road to . On the way to, following a course that will end in. For example, We could see Mary was on the road to recovery , or The business obviously was on the road to ruin . [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

Loyola, down 16 points going into the fourth quarter, started making threes and stunned Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on the road 72-68.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere on Wednesday, the Denver Nuggets improved to 25-12 after powering past the in-form Boston Celtics on the road.

From Barron's

“It’s a playoff game and it’s an extremely tough team on the road in a hostile environment,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

I spent many years on the road in the 1980s and more often than not pulled up to the wrong side of the pump to fill up my rental car before rushing to my flight home.

From The Wall Street Journal

Garson, the venue’s artist in residence, loves the core of him, Blackstone and Goldyn, as well as not being on the road all year.

From Los Angeles Times