On the Road
noun
a novel (1957) by Jack Kerouac.
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Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]
On the Road
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Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]
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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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When J.H., a junior at an Orange County public high school, went to the school library to check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it was nowhere to be found.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
Irsay's most prized item is the original typewritten scroll for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," which he bought in 2001 for $2.43 million.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2022
The Democrat made the comments in a Vogue magazine profile titled, “A First Lady for All of Us: On the Road with Dr. Jill Biden.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
And thus the writer’s euphoric westward peregrinations, by motor car, kindled a new spirit of domestic US travel: On the Road rather than On the Railroad.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2020
Annie read from a copy of On the Road she’d checked out of the library.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
“That said, I always come home from being on the road with a few well-chosen records and a few well-chosen books that I will read one of these days.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
By incentivizing the purchase of a new electric vehicle, that will encourage new production, which means more EVs on the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
If you’re not on the road or in the studio, what do you enjoy doing?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
They will be monitored in the community and allowed to stay out if they can show they are on the road to rehabilitation.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Daniel leaned forward, his eyes locked on the road ahead.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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