hitch a lift
1. To hitchhike. (Done by putting one's hitch in the air in order to signal passing cars that one is looking for a ride.) I spent the summer hitching lifts along the west coast. We didn't have any money for a taxi, so we had to hitch a lift home. We can't hitch a lift! Are you trying to get us home or get us killed?
2. To be driven to a location in someone else's car. A: "Do you need me to drive you to the movie?" B: "No, I'm hitching a lift with Janet." No, I don't have to take the bus to school anymore. Now that my neighbor has her license, I can just hitch a lift with her. Normally, yeah, you could hitch a lift with me, but I'm not going to dance class tonight.
thumb a lift
To hitchhike. (Done by putting one's thumb in the air in order to signal passing cars that one is looking for a ride.) I spent the summer thumbing lifts along the west coast. We didn't have any money for a taxi, so we had to thumb a lift home.
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