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Ride Thumb Side In The Loop 351 Hitch/Thumb Solicit Someone’s Stranger’s

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Idiom HITCH/THUMB A RIDE
Definition to solicit a ride in someone’s (a stranger’s) car; to hitchhike
Examples
  1. Julian had no car, but he needed to visit his mother in the hospital in another town, so he hitched a ride.
  2. The boys had no way to get to the beach, about 60 miles away. They decided to stand by the side of the highway and thumb a ride.
Extra Info

The expression thumb a ride denotes that the traveler solicits the ride by standing on the side of the road and extending his or her thumb toward passing cars.

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