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hitting the trail

hitting the trail is the present participle and gerund of hit the trail.

Meaning of hit the trail

Verb

hit the trail (third-person singular simple present hits the trail, present participle hitting the trail, simple past and past participle hit the trail)

  1. (figuratively, informal) To leave or depart.
    • It's time for me to hit the trail and be on my way.

Questions about hitting the trail

What is hitting the trail the present participle and gerund of?
Hitting the trail is the present participle and gerund of hit the trail.

Words near hitting the trail in the dictionary

  1. hitting the silk
  2. hitting the skids
  3. hitting the spot
  4. hitting the stores
  5. hitting the streets
  6. hitting the trail
  7. hitting the wall
  8. hitting them licks
  9. hitting time
  10. hitting times
  11. hitting too close to home

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hitting the trail (page history and authors); hit the trail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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