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Verb: hit the trail
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Make a start on a journey; leave
    "thanks for the party, we'd better hit the trail";
    - get moving [informal], make a move [Brit, informal], make tracks [informal], hit the road [informal]

Derived forms: hits the trail, hitting the trail, hit the trail

Type of: depart, go, go away