Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go down the road

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables
go -down the road
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

goes down the road (present, singular) going down the road (participle, present) went down the road (past) gone down the road (participle, past) go down that road (alternative) go down a road (alternative)

Questions

What does go down the road mean?
To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
Where does go down the road come from?
From road, in the figurative sense of the way to doing or achieving something.

How to pronounce go down the road

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