in route

Calque of French en route.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹut/, /ɪnˈɹaʊt/, /n̩ˈɹut/

in route

1. (somewhat nonstandard) Alternative form of en route
   • 2001, Michael James Jaquish, Tales of a Country Cop in Africa, page 64:

     As soon as the Varda transmission stopped, I grabbed the mic. "602- Okanogan... I'm in route to the Varda location from my office. Be advised Varda number four is City Center Motors. Request back up."

   • 2002, Luwillis Gibson, The Witch's Brew, page 268:

     "In fact, my dear, you didn't know, until now, you were on this weird gigantic space ship, with so many others in route to the same place on the same mission," he laughed.

   • 2010, Hyrum M. Smith, Eli Hawkins: Last Survivor of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, page 238:

     The southern route passed south, down the Wasatch Front, to Cedar City, Utah, where it joined the Old Spanish Trail and passed through Mountain Meadows in route to Los Angeles.

• in utero, routine, tue-iron