"Hitch a ride" nghĩa là gì?

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"Thumb/hitch a ride" = quá giang, đi nhờ xe. 

Ví dụ 
Job one during your visit will be to hitch a ride on the fastest hunk of junk (mảng lớn) in the galaxy, the Millennium Falcon. 

On the way to Mars, the helicopter will hitch a ride on the rover’s belly, covered by a shield (tấm chắn) to protect it during the descent and landing (hạ cánh). 

Now, thanks to an initiative (sáng kiến) from Cycling Without Age, seniors in Minneapolis and St. Paul are able to hitch a ride on a Danish trishaw (xích-lô) to get out and about (ra ngoài hoạt động). 

I was with him when he convinced officials (thuyết phục các viên chức) with the Royal Singapore Air Force (Không quân Hoàng gia) to let us hitch a ride on a Chinook helicopter from Meulaboh to Banda Aceh only a few days after the 2004 tsunami when everyone else told us access was impossible. 

Thu Phương 

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