DCHP-1 Online
hit the trail Informal 
take to the trail; leave; depart.
- 1898 (1930) It is now clearing so I must "mush on," hike or hit the trail, in hieroglyphist parlance.
- 1964 When the winter of 1898 set in, Kate Ryan acquired a sleigh dog team, and travelling alone hit the trail for Atlin by the old Teslin Trail.
- 1898 (1930) It is now clearing so I must "mush on," hike or hit the trail, in hieroglyphist parlance.