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in the road

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in the road 
1. Lit. on the roadway. What's that in the road a head?
2. Fig. in the way; obstructing the way. You are always in the road. Move aside.
See also: road


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The wheel had struck something in the road - a great stone or rock.
I only wondered at your appearance in the road, because it seemed to me to be empty the instant before I saw you.
Jones had not such implicit faith in his guide, but that on their arrival at a village he inquired of the first fellow he saw, whether they were in the road to Bristol.
 
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