Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go one's own way

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: go one's own way
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To act on one's own or according to one's own wishes, without regard of the advice of others.

Example Sentences

"Why should she say, like a parrot, what her governess told her to, when there were birds and beasts and creeping things outside to study, and a library inside full of things really worth learning? So she went her own way, growing wistful and more lonely, and every day her big eyes grew wiser and fuller of secrets."

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

go their separate ways have it your way go it alone plough one's own furrow

Frequently Paired Words

go their separate ways have it your way go it alone plough one's own furrow

Questions

What does go one's own way mean?: To act on one's own or according to one's own wishes, without regard of the advice of others.

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