on one's way en · ADP
Meanings
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Leaving; going about one's business.
If we're done, I'll be on my way.
Well I'm on my way / I don't know where I'm going / I'm on my way / I'm taking my time but I don't know where
1972, Paul Simon, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, in Paul Simon:
- On the way.
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(obsolete) Pregnant.
Fellow Hector, she is gone; she is two moneths on her way.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OMW | alternative | lexicographic | |
| omw | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (4)
nl weg zijn (leaving) · fr décoller (leaving) · it in arrivo (leaving) · fr partir (leaving)