Usage of "thumb a ride"

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

Uso de thumb a ride em inglês

I'll thumb a ride to town with you, if I may. 
 On the Beach 

He seldom attempted to thumb a ride. 
 Breathless 

He could simply check out of the inn, walk up to the main highway, and thumb a ride north. 
 Cry for the strangers 

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... 

" Thumbed a ride on the Heart of Gold." I spoke without thinking. 
 206 Bones 

"In case something crawls out of an airlock, tries to thumb a ride," he said. 
 Leviathan Wakes 

In one of them, I was a drifter, walking alongside a desert highway under a full moon, thumbing a ride without success. 
 Fear nothing 

"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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Significados de thumb a ride em inglês