"Well, it's getting late. We should probably hit the road." You'll hear Americans say this at the end of almost every dinner party, but it doesn't always mean they're leaving right now.
In this Expression Episode, you'll learn what "to hit the road" means, where it comes from, and the one way to use it that's actually a little rude (thanks to a very famous Ray Charles song). Then you'll hear it in three real situations:
the busiest travel holiday in the U.S.
a 1919 Army road trip that took 62 days
the very long goodbye
Plus other ways to say you're leaving, from polite to very casual: head out, get going, and bounce. Stay until the end to practice sounding natural with "We've gotta hit the road."
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