go down the road

English

Alternative forms

• go down that road
• go down a road

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

go 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)

1. (idiomatic, always with "of" and further description) To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
   • 2009, M. Watts, Office Politics - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

     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!