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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go one's way en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, literally) To set forth on a path; to depart.
  2. To go favorably for one. (of an event, circumstance, etc.)
    • The feistiness off the pitch translated on to it too - referee Kateryna Monzul awarded two early yellow cards for innocuous fouls by England, and the crowd were frustrated for much of the first half when decisions didn't go their way. 2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gone one's way Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
going one's way Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went one's way Tense=Past lexicographic
goes one's way Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

go one's ways · go one's own way

Translations (2)

fi mennä menojaan (to set forth on a path; to depart) · fi mennä hyvin (to go favorably for one)