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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
Synonyms
Examples for "thumb"
Examples for "thumb"
1
Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left.
Into the Water
2
Likewise, the left thumb shall be bound to the right great toe.
Outlander
3
I think the rule of thumb is to wait for 10 years.
The Guardian
4
The rule of thumb is to board 30 minutes prior to departure.
The South African
5
Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given...
1
How'd it go today? He hoped it had gone without a hitch.
Fine things
2
Without a hitch, the pair announced the winner: The Shape of Water.
News.com.au
3
The second went just as smoothly, and the third without a hitch.
House of Steel
4
Everybody knew his job well, and everything went forward without a hitch.
Spiral
5
As it happened, our eight-day mission didn't come off without a hitch.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
1
At a price, it can hitch a ride on another country's rocket.
BBC
2
She's trying to hitch a ride home in the dead of night.
The South African
3
I just didn't feel muchlike walking or trying to hitch a ride.
The Outsiders
4
We can hike out on it or maybe even hitch a ride.
Down river
5
And I guess I'll hitch a ride to San Francisco from there.
Fine things
1
They won't leave a king on the side of a highway trying to thumb a lift to the FNB Stadium.
The Guardian
2
Some hours later he was seen again thumbing a lift at Killenena, Gort
The Irish Times
3
Or thumbing a lift.
Sister Mine
4
Reuben Jones left his home in Moynoe, Scarriff at 2pm yesterday and was seen thumbing a lift on the Scarrif-to-Feakle Road.
The Irish Times
1
I'll thumb a ride to town with you, if I may.
On the Beach
2
He seldom attempted to thumb a ride.
Breathless
3
He could simply check out of the inn, walk up to the main highway, and thumb a ride north.
Cry for the strangers
4
He tried thumbing a ride from a couple in a pickup, but no luck.
Any Coincidence Is / Or, The Day Julia & Cecil the Cat Faced a F...
5
" Thumbed a ride on the Heart of Gold." I spoke without thinking.
206 Bones
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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