Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go on one's merry way

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
go on one's mer-ry way
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To depart.

Informal

verb

To proceed without considering other possibilities.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes on one's merry way (present, singular) going on one's merry way (participle, present) went on one's merry way (past) gone on one's merry way (participle, past)

Synonyms

be on one's merry way continue on one's merry way

Questions

What does go on one's merry way mean?
To depart.

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