the rubber hits the road
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[edit]- Alternative form of the rubber meets the road
- 2011, Kevin Murray, The Language of Leaders, →ISBN:
- It is in these conversations that the rubber hits the road, where the plan gets traction.
- 2014, Kent De Spain, Landscape of the Now: A Topography of Movement Improvisation, →ISBN:
- We do it in our teaching, which is where the rubber hits the road in the improvisation community.
- 2014, John L. Allen Jr., The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know®, →ISBN:
- It often tends to be the most controversial field in theology because it's where the rubber hits the road in terms of what the Church says on the hotbutton issues of the day, from abortion and homosexuality to war and the environment.
- 2014, Robert D. Behn, The PerformanceStat Potential, →ISBN:
- When Senator Barack Obama ran for president, he noted: The mayors have some of the toughest jobs in the country, because that's where the rubber hits the road.