one for the road

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one for the road (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A final drink before one leaves.
   • 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, pages 44–45:

     [...] and the rebuilding of Birmingham New Street with its Taurus Bar ("where one for the road - the railroad - can be taken with impunity").

   • 2021, Fredric Brown, One for the Road‎^[1], Open Road Media, →ISBN:

     So I said, "Okay, Amy. But let's have one for the road." And I poured us each a hell of a big slug and gave her hers -and that's what did it- that one for the road. She got it down and passed out cold.

2. (idiomatic) A snack to consume while traveling.
   • 2011, David-Matthew Barnes, Accidents Never Happen‎^[2], Bold Strokes Books, →ISBN:

     "Cotton candy," he said. "I want the blue kind." […] He opened it and took out a few bills and handed them to Joey. "Here," he said. "Get one for the road."

   • 2018, Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address‎^[3], Tundra, →ISBN:

     She held out a box of doughnuts that sat open on the table. "Take one for the road." I grabbed a jelly-filled one, my favorite kind. "Thank you. Thank you so much." I walked to the bus stop, shoveling the doughnut into my mouth.

   • 2021, Terry Catasus Jennings, All for One‎^[4], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:

     "It won't hurt us to take one for the road," Ernie whined. "With our compliments," Pancho said. He reached for two more ice creams and handed them to the villains.

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