go down the road

verb

To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.

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Meanings

verbgo 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)

present singular third person goes down the road · participle present going down the road · past went down the road · participle past gone down the road · alternative go down that road · alternative go down a road

  1. idiomaticalways with "of" and further descriptionTo 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

Origin

From road, in the figurative sense of the way to doing or achieving something.

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APA

go down the road. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20the%20road

MLA

“go down the road.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20the%20road. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go down the road,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20the%20road.

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