on one's way

prepositional phrase

Leaving; going about one's business.

“If we're done, I'll be on my way.”

Opposite
out of one's way
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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative OMW · alternative omw

  1. Leaving; going about one's business.

    If we're done, I'll be on my way.

    1 more example

    Well I'm on my way / I don't know where I'm going / I'm on my way / I'm taking my time but I don't know where

    1972, Paul Simon, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, in Paul Simon
  2. On the way.
  3. obsoletePregnant.

    Fellow Hector, she is gone; she is two moneths on her way.

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
out of one's way

Translations

Dutch weg zijn
  • weg zijnleaving
French partir, décoller
  • partirleaving
  • décollerleaving
Italian in arrivo
  • in arrivoleaving
Cite this entry
APA

on one's way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20way

MLA

“on one's way.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20way. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on one's way,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20way.

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