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en route
[ ahn root, en; French ahn root ]
adverb
- on the way:
The plane crashed en route from Cairo to Athens.
en route
/ ɑ̃ rut; ɒn ˈruːt /
adverb
- on or along the way; on the road
Word History and Origins
Origin of en route1
Word History and Origins
Origin of en route1
Idioms and Phrases
On or along the way, as in We'll pick up Dan en route to the restaurant , or We can finish our discussion en route . This French term was adopted into English in the late 1700s.Example Sentences
James Harden scores 24 points in the first quarter en route to a 41-point night to spearhead the Clippers’ 144-107 victory over the Utah Jazz.
Instead, the Dodgers rallied to tie the score, en route to a 7-6 victory.
Sinking wind blows at high speeds en route to the beaches, generally in a northeast-to-southwest direction.
While it’s normal to see humpbacks in Monterey Bay or Hawai’i, Southern California is more of a transitory point for the whales en route to Mexico or even Costa Rica, according to Girardeau.
Crowds assembled at the stadium in October to pay respects as his funeral cortege went past en route to Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, where the service was held.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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