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way to go

way to go interjection: an expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval.

Interjection

  1. An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval.
    • The team finished ahead of schedule and under budget. Way to go!

Noun

way to go (plural ways to go)

  1. A route, course of action; a preferred decision or choice.
    • They are about the same quality, so if you can get a discount on the color you like, that would be the way to go.
    • The official tour moodboard made it clear that pastel colors are the way to go when leaning this direction. Reach for light pink, baby blue, and butter yellow.2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan

Forms of way to go

Interjection
alternative formWTG
Noun
pluralways to go

Questions about way to go

What does way to go mean?
Way to go means an expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval.
What part of speech is way to go?
Way to go can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near way to go in the dictionary

  1. way station
  2. way stations
  3. way thistle
  4. way thistles
  5. way to
  6. way to go
  7. way to run a railroad
  8. way too
  9. way way back
  10. way-baggage
  11. way-cleaner

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