Hit the sawdust trail In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "hit the sawdust trail", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-09-23 02:09

Meaning of Hit the sawdust trail

Hit the sawdust trail American phrase dated

To embrace ​the religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ at an evangelist's revival meeting in order to be saved by God from the consequences of one's sin.
 

They're evangelical Christians. They're persuading people to hit the sawdust trail.

Hitting the sawdust trail is one of the ways to achieve spiritual growth.

(Said of a peripatetic evangelic preacher) to start traveling to a place that one will tell people about Christianity in order to persuade them to accept it. ("Sawdust Trail" is sometimes capitalized.) 

John works as an itinerant evangelic preacher, who regularly hit the Sawdust Trail.

He said if he couldn't hit the Sawdust Trail, his life would be purposeless.

Grammar and Usage of Hit the sawdust trail

Verb Forms

  • hit the sawdust trail
  • hitting the sawdust trail

The verb "hit" must be conjugated according to its tense.

 

Origin of Hit the sawdust trail

This phrase refers to sawdust-covered aisles of the temporary church dwellings for revival meetings in the early 1900s.

The Origin Cited: The free dictionary .
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