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单词 to hit the trail
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to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)
a. with material object. Frequently in modern (esp. U.S.) colloquial use, to arrive at; also, to go to (a place), go upon (a course). to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.): to take the road, to get on the way, to go away.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)]
to come toOE
reachOE
hita1075
ofreachlOE
catchc1330
latchc1330
recovera1375
getc1390
henta1393
win?1473
fetch1589
to fetch up1589
obtain1589
attainc1592
make1610
gaina1616
arrive1647
advene1684
strike1798
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)]
findOE
yfindOE
hita1075
befindc1200
out-findc1300
to try outc1325
to find outa1375
to find upc1390
ascryc1400
outwryc1400
inventc1475
vent1611
to hit off1680
discover1762
to scare up1846
to pick up1869
rumble1897
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out
forthfarec888
foundOE
seta1000
to go forthOE
to fare forthc1200
partc1230
to pass forthc1325
to take (the) gatec1330
to take the wayc1330
to take one's waya1375
puta1382
treunt?a1400
movec1400
depart1490
prepare?1518
to set forth1530
to set forward(s)1530
busklea1535
to make out1558
to take forth1568
to set out1583
sally1590
start1591
to go off1600
to put forth1604
to start outa1626
intend1646
to take the road1720
to take one's foot in one's hand1755
to set off1774
to get off1778
to set away1817
to take out1855
to haul out1866
to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873
to hit, split or take the breeze1910
hop1922
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be bound for or head for
drawc1275
to-hieldc1275
roama1375
pretend1481
pursue1488
to make forth1508
to be in gate to1548
to make to ——a1568
to make unto ——1593
to be for1606
to set one's face for (from, to, towards)1611
steer1667
head1880
hit1889
a1075 OE. Chron. (MS. D.) anno 1066 Ða com Harold..on unwær on þa Normenn, and hytte hi begeondan Eoforwic, æt Steinford-brygge.
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. Dv Sayling Northwarde..wee shall hitte these Ilandes.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Giii v To hitte or ouertake, attaindre.
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 25 So farre out of the way..that they can hardly hit the right way againe to the..citie of God.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 81 The Entrance is so difficult to hit.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 138 Egad, I can't hit the Joint.
1797 Capt. Troubridge 25 July in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) II. 426 (note) From the darkness of the night I did not immediately hit the Mole, the spot appointed to land at.
1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 195 As soon as I knew where to hit you with a letter.
1873 W. F. Butler Wild North Land xviii. 208 In the morning ‘Twa-poos’, or the Three Thumbs, sets forth to look for a moose; he hits the trail and follows it.
1888 in Amer. Speech (1962) 37 76 Hit the grit, get going; get out of here.
1888 Detroit Free Press Oct. (Farmer) Professor Rose, who hit this town last spring, is around calling us a fugitive from justice.
1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Hit the flat, to (cowboys), to go out on the prairies.
1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons xii. 40 I have been hitting the road something to get here quick.
1896 G. Ade Artie xiv. 127 ‘A little more weather like this and we'll be hittin' the park,’ he observed.
1897 Outing 30 374/1 Men can pass out the church door, shoulder their packs of general cussedness, and unconcernedly hit the trail to the lower [regions].
1901 S. E. White Westerners i. 7 Thought you wasn't no tenderfoot. Ever hit the trail?
1904 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 25 June 6 The..convention, whose delegates were so summarily ordered to hit the pike by the national committee-men.
1907 R. W. Service Songs of Sourdough (1908) 65 It lies with thee—the choice is thine, is thine, To hit the ties or drive thy auto-car.
1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 73 Cut loose and hit the pike for yourself.
1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 xiii. 131 I was a rich man until I hit town.
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves v. 126 Jimmy Mundy..has come to save New York from itself; to force it—in his picturesque phrase—to hit the trail.
1925 Z. A. Tilghman Dugout 70 I must hit the road.
1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 207 Hitting the grit, to be forced off a fast moving train.
1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 18 We hit this town last night for the first time.
1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman 82 Then I hit the pike for home.
1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites ii. 54 Go down this corridor, up the stairway at the end, straight on until you hit the second court.
1950 T. Longstaff This my Voy. v. 97 So on May 31st Mumm and I hit the trail once more.
1973 Christian Sci. Monitor 14 Apr. B16/2 These two hit the road together, modern pilgrims making very little progress.
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