Meaning of ticket to ride | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that enables one to do something which would otherwise not be possible.
   idiomatic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ticket, ride.

Examples

“The club's “partners” had made arrangements with the police, so employees were cop proof too. All this amounted to a ticket to ride for me. The party only stopped when I wanted it to.”

“The plan was always to teach and at the college level. This required a graduate degree, the next ticket to ride.”

“I came across Bart on a week away, whoring and drinking mostly, heard his glib stories about where he worked, and there found my opportunity. His ego was my ticket to ride.”

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