go one's way

Do what one pleases, especially differing from what others are doing, as in You go your way and I'll go mine , or He always insisted on going his own way . This expression, dating from about 1400, originally alluded to moving on in a particular direction. It can still do so, as in The delivery truck went on its way . By the late 1500s it was also being used figuratively.
Proceed according to one's plans or wishes, as in Let's hope things will go my way this time . Applied to both events and people's actions, this thought is often expressed as everything's going one's way or going my way . For example, With her husband in charge, everything's going her way , or I trust you'll be going my way when we vote on this issue .

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Also, go one's own way .

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But making a decision to break the law and attempt to control an outcome because it didn’t go one’s way isn’t an act of saving democracy, it only serves to destroy it.

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One must go one's way and know what one's about and have a general plan and a private religion—in short have made up one's mind as to ce qui en est with a public the draggling after which simply leads one in the gutter.

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We could learn something from North Korea about not succumbing to the hype too far ahead of a result that may well not go one's way.

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Could any one trust a higher Power and go one’s way unasking, refusing everything?

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To be free—to be free—and strong enough to go one's way and trample down the people who try to turn you aside; that is the only thing worth while.

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