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going down the road

going down the road is the present participle and gerund of go down the road.

Meaning of go down the road

Verb

go down the road (third-person singular simple present goes down the road, present participle going down the road, simple past went down the road, past participle gone down the road)

  1. (idiomatic, always with "of" and further description) To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
    • Stay focused on the company's mission so that you can continue to take steps in that direction. Whatever you do, don't go down the road of being a control freak!2009, M. Watts, Office Politics - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Questions about going down the road

What is going down the road the present participle and gerund of?
Going down the road is the present participle and gerund of go down the road.

Words near going down the road in the dictionary

  1. going down swinging
  2. going down that road
  3. going down the drain
  4. going down the khazi
  5. going down the pan
  6. going down the road
  7. going down the toilet
  8. going down the tube
  9. going down the tubes
  10. going down the wrong pipe
  11. going down the wrong throat

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