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  • noun Driving a vehicle off-road.

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Examples

  • Damn rugged, good-looking and a survivalist of the first degree, Montero quickly gained a solid reputation among the "real guys" of off-roading, the kind of folks who drove from Orange County out to Joshua Tree by themselves and started the sport of rock climbing ... on wheels.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • Speaking of real off-roading, one of the best Outlander features is a locking four-wheel drive system which gets the same amount of torque and horsepower to all four wheels.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • You might also consider the Chevrolet Equinox or, if your off-roading is more demanding than the occasional dirt road, the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

    Me & My Car Jonathan Welsh 2011

  • You may have noticed that I have a strong inclination to explore and I'm always looking for something to discover, so we would often go off-roading on the cattle tracks-we did so much exploring one summer that I wore out a set of tires in just a few months.

    Janice Graham - An interview with author 2010

  • That requires off-roading 60 miles from the airport, traversing a muddy road that's become a Class V rapid in the rain, then trotting on horseback through the Uco Valley basin.

    Owning a Piece of the Vineyard Heidi Mitchell 2012

  • I seriously doubt the average commuter justifies the SUV expenditure by pointing the off-roading needed to be done to get to the grocery store and the office.

    Matthew Yglesias » Housing and Transportation 2010

  • I took your Bentley to the shop after you went off-roading again.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • When I was younger I used to love to go off-roading.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • I took your Bentley to the shop after you went off-roading again.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • Many of the Jeep-iest off-roading pieces on the Grand Cherokee Overland edition, such as the chassis-lifting air suspension, the two-speed transfer case, the very well chosen mud-and-snow tires, and the Selec-Terrain 4x4 system, are incompatible with the SRT8's track-focused mission.

    Jeep's Great Big Beast of Solid Grace Dan Neil 2011

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