Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go the way of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.71 in modern English

Syllables: go the way of
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.

Example Sentences

"Vinyl records seem to have gone the way of the dinosaurs [i.e. become extinct, or fallen out of common use]."
"We now need to make coal- and gas-fired power plants go the way of whale oil. And if you want to change the world, it helps first to have an alternative. People invented railways to replace horse-drawn carriages, electricity to supplant steam engines, rock oil for whale oil, and the market – Adam Smith’s great invisible hand – ensured they took hold."

Inflected Forms

goes the way of (present, singular) going the way of (participle, present) went the way of (past) gone the way of (participle, past)

Phrases

go the way of the dinosaurs go the way of the dodo

Questions

What does go the way of mean?: To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.

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