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down the way

down the way prepositional phrase: further along a southern direction or downhill route.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Further along a southern direction or downhill route.
    • They live just down the way.
    • Down the way, the road's divided.
      Paint me the places you have seen.
      Those who know what I don't know
      refer to the yellow, red, and green.1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Maps and Legends”, in Fables of the Reconstruction
  2. Later; at indeterminate point in the future.
    • I plan to publish my novel somewhere down the way.

Synonyms of down the way

Questions about down the way

What does down the way mean?
Down the way means further along a southern direction or downhill route.
What part of speech is down the way?
Down the way is a prepositional phrase.

Words near down the way in the dictionary

  1. down the shitter
  2. down the toilet
  3. down the track
  4. down the tube
  5. down the tubes
  6. down the way
  7. down the wind
  8. down there
  9. down time
  10. down times
  11. down to

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