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thumb a ride
phraseUSinformal(UKthumb a lift)
to stand near the edge of a road and hold out your hand with the thumb raised as a signal for a vehicle to stop and take you somewhere:
thumb a ride toWe thumbed a ride to Las Vegas.
Three or four cars drove past and each time I tried to thumb a ride.
I've never thumbed a ride myself but I know a few people who have.
I thumbed a ride to the nearest town.
We thumbed a ride to Portland.
After my car broke down, I tried to thumb a ride into town but got nowhere.
See also
thumbverb
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