Meaning of hitch one's wagon to | Babel Free

Definitions

to rely on (someone or something) for success

US, idiomatic, informal

Examples

“Finally, I wanted to tell a more personal story that might inspire young people considering a life of public service: how my career in politics really started with a search for a place to fit in, a way to explain the different strands of my mixed-up heritage, and how it was only by hitching my wagon to something larger than myself that I was ultimately able to locate a community and purpose for my life.”

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