go the way of all flesh
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction.
Example Sentences
- "[T]hough the body be going the vvay of all fleſh, yet that ſoule is going the vvay of all Saints."
- "The first stranger handed his neighbor the family mug—a huge vessel of brown ware, having its upper edge worn away like a threshold by the rub of whole generations of thirsty lips that had gone the way of all flesh."
- "What could one do? Buy them and stick them in a lumber-room? No; they had to go the way of all flesh and furniture, and be worn out."
- "On the U.S. West Coast, the clubs and restaurants that feature topless female entertainers and waitresses also seemed to be going the way of all flesh. In Los Angeles, 20% of the joints have closed."
- "Laurence of Oxford went the way of all flesh on the gallows."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
goes the way of all flesh (present, singular)
going the way of all flesh (participle, present)
went the way of all flesh (past)
gone the way of all flesh (participle, past)