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[rəʊd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use
(e.g: a country road)
- a series of events or a course of action that will lead to a particular outcome
(e.g: he's well on the road to recovery)
- a partly sheltered stretch of water near the shore in which ships can ride at anchor
(e.g: Boston Roads)
Phrases:
- down the road
- in someone's road
- on the road
- one for the road
- out of someone's road
- take to the road
Origin
:
Old English rād ‘journey on horseback’, ‘foray’; of Germanic origin; related to the verb ride
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