Phrase guide

hitch one's wagon to a star

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To commit to an aspirational goal or course of action that will lead to fulfillment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, idiomatic

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History

Etymology

Coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay Civilization (1870).