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Meanings of hitchhike in English

Portuguese
pedir carona
Catalan
fer autostop

To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road.

pedir carona
Usage of hitchhike in English
1
On my days off, I used to hitchhike all over New England.
Reuters
2
However, the hitchhike back to San Fabian was less of a success.
Climbing Magazine
3
Picked him up trying to hitchhike on the on-ramp to Route 10.
Two Truths and a Lie
4
How are we going to get there-orwere we planning to hitchhike?
The iron king
5
A thumb that could hitchhike, twirl spaghetti, play trumpet, write a sonnet.
Bare Bones
6
It took Marcin Piotrowski seven days to hitchhike from eastern Poland to Dublin.
The Irish Times
7
Consequently he had to walk, and hitchhike, a hundred miles home.
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
8
But the more bugs multiply overseas, the more they hitchhike to New Zealand.
Radio NZ
9
He decides to hitchhike to another town and get a job.
The new yorker
10
He's the one who told me she was going to hitchhike into Fjällbacka.'
The preacher
11
Of course, he could always hitchhike back home, Glen said.
The story of edgar sawtelle
12
Waiting around for a hitchhike or a bus ride would have wasted precious time.
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
13
But now my jobs were taking me much farther away than a six-hour hitchhike.
The one-week job project: one man, one year, 52 jobs
14
I resisted and told them it's cheaper if I hitchhike.
The South African
15
Sometimes I take the bus, sometimes I hitchhike, sometimes I-
The one-week job project: one man, one year, 52 jobs
16
Ian and I were getting desperate, so we decided to hitchhike back to England.
Climbing Magazine
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