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gone down the road

gone down the road is the past participle 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 gone down the road

What is gone down the road the past participle of?
Gone down the road is the past participle of go down the road.

Words near gone down the road in the dictionary

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

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