find one's way
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
find one's way (third-person singular simple present finds one's way, present participle finding one's way, simple past and past participle found one's way)
- Arrive; get to.
- I'm really puzzled at how this word salad managed to find its way into print.
- 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
- Much of this work of renewal or maintenance, found its way into the works via the outdoor department, and constituted a veritable treasure house of experience in all classes of plant and machinery.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: And Julie hasn't found her way back into the crowd yet. I apologize, folks. She's making this incredibly uncomfortable. She's pretty much the worst person.
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References[edit]
- “find one's way”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “find your way somewhere” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “find one's way”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.