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what a way to go

what a way to go interjection: a remark on the unfortunate, exceptional, or unusual nature of somebody's death.

Interjection

  1. (set phrase) A remark on the unfortunate, exceptional, or unusual nature of somebody's death.

Questions about what a way to go

What does what a way to go mean?
What a way to go means a remark on the unfortunate, exceptional, or unusual nature of somebody's death.
What part of speech is what a way to go?
What a way to go is an interjection.

Words near what a way to go in the dictionary

  1. what a lovely day
  2. what a pity
  3. what a shame
  4. what a small world
  5. what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
  6. what a way to go
  7. what about
  8. what about the children
  9. what am I bid
  10. what am I looking at
  11. what am I, chopped liver

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