单词 | on my way |
释义 | > as lemmas(I'm) on my way (iii) colloquial. I'll be on my way: expressing the speaker's intention of making an immediate departure. Later also (I'm) on my way: expressing (typically as part of a telephone conversation) the speaker's intention of proceeding without delay to a particular destination. Also with first-person plural pronouns.In early use typically with the main verb implied; cf. off adv. 8a. Examples of this kind may be alternatively interpreted as implying go rather than be (cf. Phrases 2g(a)). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > away (of motion) [phrase] > expressing immediate departure (I'm) on my way1822 1822 R. H. Dana Idle Man I. 27 I must be on my way, and must go like a man. 1880 Elocutionist's Jrnl. Mar. 4/1 Come, give me a glass, now Colonel, And I'll be on my way. 1928 N. I. White Amer. Negro Folk-Songs ii. 124 Lord I'm on my way... Lord I'm on my way. 1934 N.Y. Times 22 July 1/6 Bishop Faber..was last seen an hour before dinner when with the cheery remark to friends ‘Well, I'm on my way,’ he started off. 1971 ‘L. Egan’ Malicious Mischief (1972) ix. 158 ‘Call just in..—they had a prowler over on Jackson... He was armed.’.. ‘I'm on my way!’ snapped Varallo. 1972 J. Philips Vanishing Senator i. iv. 37 ‘Step on it, will you?’ ‘On my way,’ Peter said. 1978 A. Price '44 Vintage xii. 152 If it's all the same to you, m'sieur, we'll be on our way. 1998 T. McHale Casualty (BBC TV rehearsal script) (O.E.D. Archive) 13th Ser. Episode 2. 124 (Max is on the phone) Max. Alright... I'm on my way. (He grabs a bag of jelly babies, puts one in his mouth and stuffs the rest into his pocket as he leaves). 2005 M. Chapman Way Home (Electronic ed.) xii I'm afraid I also have things to do today, so I'll be on my way. < as lemmas |
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