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Meanings of thumb a ride in English

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

        Usage of thumb a ride in English
        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
        6
        "In case something crawls out of an airlock, tries to thumb a ride," he said.
        Leviathan Wakes
        7
        In one of them, I was a drifter, walking alongside a desert highway under a full moon, thumbing a ride without success.
        Fear nothing
        8
        "I would drive us," Two-Bit said as we walked up the street trying to thumb a ride, "but the brakes are out on my car.
        The Outsiders
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