hit the trail in English

Forms: hits the trail [present, singular, third-person], hitting the trail [participle, present], hit the trail [participle, past], hit the trail [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the trail}} hit the trail (third-person singular simple present hits the trail, present participle hitting the trail, simple past and past participle hit the trail)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits the trail",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting the trail",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the trail",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the trail",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> the trail"
      },
      "expansion": "hit the trail (third-person singular simple present hits the trail, present participle hitting the trail, simple past and past participle hit the trail)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time for me to hit the trail and be on my way."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave or depart."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_the_trail-en-verb-MK9ATqt2",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "depart",
          "depart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To leave or depart."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "trail hitter"
        },
        {
          "word": "hit the road"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the trail"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits the trail",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting the trail",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the trail",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the trail",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> the trail"
      },
      "expansion": "hit the trail (third-person singular simple present hits the trail, present participle hitting the trail, simple past and past participle hit the trail)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "trail hitter"
    },
    {
      "word": "hit the road"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time for me to hit the trail and be on my way."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave or depart."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "depart",
          "depart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To leave or depart."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the trail"
}

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"hit the trail" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms