the rubber meets the road
idiomA place or circumstance at which the implementation of a plan or intent is to be achieved.
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bump in the road
A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.
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burn rubber
To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
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down the road, not across the street
Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.
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Frog
[Cockney slang]road
via frog & toad
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get the show on the road
To begin or launch; to get going.
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go down that road
To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.
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go down the road
To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
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high road
A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable.