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Meaning of go the way of | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.

idiomatic

Examples

“Vinyl records seem to have gone the way of the dinosaurs [i.e. become extinct, or fallen out of common use].”

“We now need to make coal- and gas-fired power plants go the way of whale oil. And if you want to change the world, it helps first to have an alternative. People invented railways to replace horse-drawn carriages, electricity to supplant steam engines, rock oil for whale oil, and the market – Adam Smith’s great invisible hand – ensured they took hold.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

go the way of all flesh go the way of all the earth go the way of the dinosaurs go the way of the dodo go the way of the dodo bird go the whole hog