to travel by securing free rides
another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country
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Recent Examples of hitchhikeWithout the resources to evacuate, Maddox maneuvered through the storm, sleeping on friends’ couches and swimming, hitchhiking and walking her way out of the city, Haygood wrote.—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 Sometimes, seeds of invasive plants quietly hitchhike over from other countries in shipping containers, or on the shoes, clothing, and luggage of travelers.—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025 The three boys went to the Loop to watch a movie and were picked up by Hansen while hitchhiking home.—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hitchhike
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