catch a ride

• hitch a ride

catch a ride (third-person singular simple present catches a ride, present participle catching a ride, simple past and past participle caught a ride)

1. (US, colloquial) to take or receive transportation somewhere with another.

   Person 1: "My car is not working right now."
   Person 2: "You can catch a ride with me to the game."

• (to share an automobile): carpool, hitch, get a lift

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English