Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Further along a southern direction or downhill route.
They live just down the way.
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Down the way, the road's divided. Paint me the places you have seen. Those who know what I don't know refer to the yellow, red, and green.
1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Maps and Legends”, in Fables of the Reconstruction - Later; at indeterminate point in the future.
I plan to publish my novel somewhere down the way.
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