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Definition of Take the road
1. Verb. Give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take The Road
Literary usage of Take the road
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... fork in the road, we aimed to take the road that within a mile or so of the
county seat, Salem ; would not take us through that place. ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"But we must resolutely turn from that digression, tempting though it be, and take
the road which branches off from Neu ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"But we must resolutely turn from that digression, tempting though it be, and take
the road which branches off from Neu ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1917)
"... higher privileges as bondholders before becoming owners than they have later
as owners, if it becomes necessary to take the road to satisfy their lien. ..."