road trip
noun
1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
Examples of road trip in a Sentence
The team won three of five games on its road trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
The longest road trip in Orlando area history saw Edgewater fly to Loughborough University in England to play a landmark game against one of the two overseas NFL Academy teams on Thursday.
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Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
Also getting a world premiere in Toronto is Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal, an eight-part Australian road trip drama for Stan.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Her most memorable road trip: My brother Ross was getting married somewhere deep in California.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024
According to GasBuddy's 2024 Summer Travel Survey, 76 percent of Americans planned to take a road trip between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, which marked an 18 percent increase from its 2023 findings.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2024
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Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
Also getting a world premiere in Toronto is Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal, an eight-part Australian road trip drama for Stan.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Her most memorable road trip: My brother Ross was getting married somewhere deep in California.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024
According to GasBuddy's 2024 Summer Travel Survey, 76 percent of Americans planned to take a road trip between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, which marked an 18 percent increase from its 2023 findings.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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