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went down the road

went down the road is the simple past 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 went down the road

What is went down the road the simple past of?
Went down the road is the simple past of go down the road.

Words near went down the road in the dictionary

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

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