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went the way of

went the way of is the simple past of go the way of.

Meaning of go the way of

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.
    • Vinyl records seem to have gone the way of the dinosaurs [i.e. become extinct, or fallen out of common use].

Questions about went the way of

What is went the way of the simple past of?
Went the way of is the simple past of go the way of.

Words near went the way of in the dictionary

  1. went the distance
  2. went the entire animal
  3. went the entire swine
  4. went the extra mile
  5. went the route
  6. went the way of
  7. went the way of all the earth
  8. went the way of the dinosaurs
  9. went the way of the dodo
  10. went the way of the dodo bird
  11. went the whole hog

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