on the road

noun

1. a novel (1957) by Jack Kerouac.

1Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week. [Mid-1600s] 2on the road to. On the way to, following a course that will end in. For example, We could see Mary was on the road to recovery, or The business obviously was on the road to ruin. [Mid-1600s]