单词 | go one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto go one's way b. transitive. To set off on (one's way or course of travel). Chiefly in to go one's way. Now somewhat archaic. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9023 Iesu crist..let hemm all hemm ane Gan þeȝȝre weȝȝe. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 14 He..ȝode his way. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 25 The vytayller..was goon his way. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith viii. 34 Go thy waye in peace. 1587 in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 69 Mr. Alderman tooke his worde, and rose, and went his ways. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 27 I willingly depart, I go my wayes. 1699 A. Roberts Voy. Levant 15 At length we saw the half Galleys go their way. 1753 London Mag. Jan. 22 The promise was made, and the unhappy fair one went her way. 1785 tr. J. C. Wolf Life & Adventures 50 I made my obeisance with my humble thanks, and went my way. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 87 Now go thy way, Abdaldar! 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. xii. 230 He went his way, and was soon swallowed up in the shadow of the prison wall. 1870 E. Eiloart From Thistles—Grapes? III. iii. 45 He was bringing the book he had promised simply that he might have an excuse for a few last words..before he went his road alone. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 116 I told him I did not care whether he got into parliament or not; so he called me Mugwump and went his way. 1990 I. M. Lask tr. M. J. bin Gorion Mimekor Yisrael viii. 14 He drank and went his way, not knowing that his pouch..had dropped from his hands. to go one's way (a) In singular, as to go one's way, †to flee one's way, etc. Cf. Phrases 2g(a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) ii. xiii. 129 Wit magon unc gereordian & hwæthwega gerestan, þæt wit magon syððan þe eað unkerne weg gesunde faran [OE Corpus Cambr. gefaran]. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 308 (MED) Þe hauec folȝeþ gode rede & fliȝt his wei & lat hem grede. ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 350 (MED) Nimeþ ȝoure wepnen & wendeþ ȝoure wai. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1429 Eliezer is went his wei. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1562 ‘Ryd thanne forth thi wey,’ quod sche. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 133 Furþe on his fete withouten fole he passis his way. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 14 (MED) Yef ye fare rudely and be cruell with hym [sc. the hawk], he will fle his way and neuer come atte you. 1488 W. Cely Let. 22 Jan. in Cely Lett. (1975) 242 The Kynge..muste fflee hys weye owte of the contrey. 1566 J. Partridge Worthie Hystorie Plasidas sig. C.viijv A cruel Woulfe my brother yong, vp in his mouth doth catch. And wendes his way vnto the wood. 1626 First & Best Part Scoggins Iests 30 The thiefe had spied Scogin talking with the sergeants, & fled his way. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 90 Then she railed on me, and I went my way . View more context for this quotation 1765 T. Percy Reliques II. iii. 312 Another call'd him thriftless loone, And bade him sharpely wend his way. 1772 R. Cumberland Fashionable Lover ii. 21 Go your way for a simpleton, and say no more about the matter. 1870 R. S. Maclay & C. C. Baldwin Alphabetic Dict. Chinese Lang. 383/1 Go your way! begone! 1902 Scribner's Mag. May 514/2 ‘Hi, there, you'll wake every watchman in the basin, if you don't stop,’ called the policeman. ‘Go thy way,’ retorted the skipper. 1910 Putnam's Mag. Feb. 538/1 So Hidalgo stripped Scarlet of these things, and rode his way chuckling and enriched. 2001 Shivanath Dogri Folk Tales 19 What's it to you? You better go your way. < as lemmas |
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