take to the road
Example Sentences
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Ivorian trucker Souleymane Traore has been driving to Mali for seven years but said lately "you take to the road with fear in your heart".
From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025
So the more freeways are widened, the more cars take to the road — even as California aims to cut motorists driving by 30% by 2045.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Millions of Spaniards take to the road in the days leading up to Easter, traveling to see family or for a holiday break.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
With his business facing closure amid the cost of living crisis, butcher Gary Peline is set to take to the road in what is a modern-day rarity - a mobile butcher's shop.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
Singing, we leave Toledo, crossing the bridge across the Río Tajo, then going past the vineyards and olive groves, and take to the road, not knowing what dangers might await us.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
