go one's way

English

Verb

go one's way (third-person singular simple present goes one's way, present participle going one's way, simple past went one's way, past participle gone one's way)

1. (figurative or literally) To set forth on a path; to depart.
2. To go favorably for one. (of an event, circumstance, etc.)
   • 2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The feistiness off the pitch translated on to it too - referee Kateryna Monzul awarded two early yellow cards for innocuous fouls by England, and the crowd were frustrated for much of the first half when decisions didn't go their way.

Related terms

• go one's own way
• go one's ways

 

Translations

to set forth on a path; to depart

• Finnish: mennä menojaan

to go favorably for one

• Finnish: mennä hyvin