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go down the road en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From road, in the figurative sense of the way to doing or achieving something.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, qualifier:always with "of" and further description) To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
    • Stay focused on the company's mission so that you can continue to take steps in that direction. Whatever you do, don't go down the road of being a control freak! 2009, M. Watts, Office Politics - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

Forms

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gone down the road Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
going down the road Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went down the road Tense=Past lexicographic
goes down the road Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
go down that road alternative lexicographic
go down a road alternative lexicographic