英语词汇“on the way”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. on (also upon) the (also one's) way.

(a) As the complement of a verb of motion: forward on one's course or journey; onward, along. Now often with the implication of departure (cf. Phrases 2g(c)(iii), Phrases 2g(c)(v)). Also with verb of motion understood. Cf. sense A. 9b.

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OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 160 Þa gewende seo eorod þe we ær embe spræcon, forð on heora weg.

lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 170 Ealle hi hale and gesunde on heora wege ham gewænton.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 676 Brutus..ferde riht on his wei [c1300 Otho way].

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. i. sig. aj^v Ryde on your wey, for I wille not be long behynde.

a1500 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) l. 315 I mot walke one my wey, þorgh þis wilde wood.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts viii. 39 He went on his waye reioysynge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 131 It was the Friar of Orders gray, As he forth walked on his way .

1660 R. Howard Blind Lady i. i, in Poems 31 Farewell, I leave you to your thoughts,—I'le on my way to night. Heaven direct and prosper you.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 167 Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way .

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 361 She came on her way as far as Metz.

1765 G. Colman tr. Terence Step-mother i. ii, in tr. Terence Comedies 345 There's the whole business. Now I'll on my way.

1847 G. P. R. James Russell II. i. 10 Riding on their way, they were soon beyond the circle within which they expected the greatest danger to lie.

1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xvi. 297 When we fall we must rise again, and go on our way, wishing ourselves..better luck another time.

1881 Punch 27 Aug. 94/2 The [H.M.S.] Hercules got up steam and went on her way westward.

1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad iii. 20 We had boiled the quartpots at a waterhole a mile or so back and were continuing on our way.

1975 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 2 July in Lett. to Eva (1991) 249 We started on our way, with some terrifying paths.

1997 J. Churchill Fear of Frying 105 She just does what they want her to, and goes on her way without getting her knickers in a twist.

2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Oct. 29/1 ‘Salaam aleikum,’ he said, with a deferential nod of his head, then continued on his way.

(b) During, or in the course of, a journey. Also: situated or lying along the particular route or path.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > on or in the course of a journey [phrase]

in the (also one's) wayOE

by the wayOE

by wayOE

on (also upon) the (also one's) wayOE

in the mean way1569

en route1779

OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 34 Witodlice hi on wege [L. in via] smeadon hwylc hyra yldost wære.

lOE St. James the Greater (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 24 Þa geseh he sumne creopere licgende on his weige.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8054 Fand þai noþer fra þat sith. Man ne beist þat þai wit met, þat on þair wai þam moght do lett.

1549 T. Broke tr. J. Calvin Of Life Christen Man sig. F.iii^v Oure Lorde, as he forseeth to be expedient, meeteth vs on the waye, and healpeth vs.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. ii. i. 47 He sent a trumpeter to them, who met with the hostages vpon the way.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 16 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Overtaking him upon the way.

1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy iii. 299 Leaving the Lake Avernus, you find on the way among the ruines of the City Cuma..great foundations and ruines of Towers.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 I will my self conduct thee on thy Way .

1730 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 26 Ever make it a standing Rule to water on the Way before you arrive at the baiting Place.

1796 tr. F. Le Vaillant New Trav. Afr. III. 394 I had observed on the way a tree, with an enormous nest of those birds.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xiv. 15 And Cintra's mountain greets them on their way.

1837 T. Roscoe Tourist in Spain, Biscay & Castiles iii. 45 It was always practicable, particularly when there were any wine or brandy shops on the way, to outwalk his beasts.

1891 Fur, Fin & Feather Mar. 169 They reckons to make mighty slick work in cleaning everything up on the way back.

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. iv. 46 He came in here on the way.

1958 A. Sillitoe Loneliness Long Distance Runner 17 Scrumping a few sour apples on our way.

2004 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 14 Dec. 2 He would often pick her up a present on the way home.

2013 New Yorker 3 June 20/1 A sign on the way warned, ‘Quiet Please Googlers at Work’.

(c) As the predicate of to be (or occasionally another copular verb).

(i) Travelling towards a particular destination; having started on one's journey. Usually with prepositional phrase or adverb expressing the destination.

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OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 25 Beo þu onbugende þinum wiðerwinnan hraðe þa hwile þe ðu eart on wege [L. in via] mid him.

a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 549 (MED) He thoght to be wele on hys way Or it war passed þe thryd day.

1523 Earl of Surrey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 227 Trusting that the gonners be well on the waye hiderwards.

1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes v. f. 104^v Whyle they were on their way, it semed good y^t some one of the Captaines should goe quickely before to assaile thenemy.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 68 You should haue bin well on your way to Yorke.

1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. E3 The Traueller now is well on his way, and if the weather be faire, he walkes with the better cheere.

1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot 6 But being on his way to White-hall, he acted the part of a Mad-man.

1778 J. Stark Let. 8 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (2006) Revolutionary War Ser. XVI. 275 Forty Indians..are on their way to this place.

1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 VIII. 132 The three regiments from Ireland, and the British recruits that went with them, are, I trust, well on their way by this time to Charles-town.

1825 J. Irons Zion's Hymns (ed. 3) §224 sig. N4^v Away ye vanities of earth, We're on our way to heaven.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 23 On the following morning I was on my way towards this valley.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 329 The debtor was on his way to the office of the official receiver.

1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 129 The young men..were on their way home.

1974 N.Y. Times 6 May 42/1 [It] would enable firemen to study a building's pre-filed floor plan, dangers and contents while they were on the way to a fire.

2012 M. R. Gordon & B. E. Trainor Endgame xviii. 329 The general was on his way to Kuwait.

(ii) Of an event, development, etc.: about to happen; imminent, coming.

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a1780 J. Macgowan Disc. Bk. Ruth (1781) iii. 57 Nor is this to be considered as an empty threatening, for its fulfilment is on its way.

1812 Scots Mag. June 460/1 I cannot forget that they were told, and taught to believe, on authority, that a great Coming was on its way.

1929 Manch. Guardian 26 Oct. 14/5 I feel sure war is on the way.

1968 J. Nathan tr. K. Oe Personal Matter (1969) 89 A storm was on its way.

1986 Times 25 Oct. 23/2 The price tells all. It looks as though a bid is on the way.

2014 Guardian 14 Apr. 23/5 A new reversible USB plug is on its 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)).

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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.

(iv) figurative. Progressing or developing towards a goal or accomplishment, or a probable (and often unwelcome) outcome. Frequently in to be well on one's (also the) way. Usually with prepositional phrase or adverb expressing the goal, outcome, etc.

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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > accomplish a distance in a short time

to make good time1834

to be well on one's (also the) way1839

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress

to go or run on wheelsc1547

forge1769

to be off and running1823

to be well on one's (also the) way1900

to take or make strides1926

1839 Corsair 27 Apr. 105/1 Having made one author, entirely by themselves, and he well on his way to immortality, this same creative circle undertook another.

1880 C. C. Jackson Old Régime I. viii. 99 The scheme was well on its way towards realization.

1900 P. F. Warner Cricket in Many Climes i. iv. 59 Dick Berens ran me out when I was well on my way to a hundred.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 220/1 It would appear to be well on the way to losing it through the rapid urbanization it is undergoing.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. 50/3 Today we may well be on the way to serious under-production.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 21 Three wickets in the second innings. Five in the match. I was on my way. Slowly.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 May (Review section) 4/1 Some experts say we are well on our way toward the sixth great extinction.

(v) colloquial (originally U.S.). on your way (also, now rarely, be on your way, get on your way): (as an imperative) go away, get going. Also occasionally (U.S.): expressing astonishment or incredulity; ‘get out’, ‘get away’ (see to get out 1b(b) at get v. Phrasal verbs 1, to get away 1b(b) at get v. Phrasal verbs 1).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [phrase]

here lies our way1609

go scrape!1611

off (with you)!1809

on your way1865

twenty-three skidoo1926

(get) on your bike1980

1865 Flag of Our Union 6 May 286/2 Place up the shutter as quickly as possible, and be on your way to a place of safety.

1893 tr. Herodas in J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets (ed. 3) II. xx. 235 Go, get on your way, and don't take him round by Miccale's, but follow the straight road.

1903 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1907) 236 Be on your way, Freddie.

1910 P. G. Wodehouse Gentleman of Leisure xi. 109 ‘We're going down with him to the country to-day, Spike, so be ready.’ ‘On your way, boss. What's dat?’

1974 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Bornless Keeper xii. 113 Toddle off back to Victoria... On your way, amigo.

1998 R. Powers Gain (1999) 114 'Bye. On your way with you. One down, five to go.

(vi) colloquial (originally U.S.). Followed by an adverb of direction.

(1) on the (also one's) way up (also in, etc.): expressing a rise in status, position, estimation, or favour. Similarly on the (also one's) way down: expressing the opposite sense (see also on the (also one's) way out at Phrases 2g(c)(vi)(2)).

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1888 Unitarian Rev. Feb. 120 The thrifty, hard-working, hard-dealing man of the middle class, who is on his way up, is disliked by those above and below him.

1902 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. Oct. 783/2 I used to know him..in the old days when he was on his way up; he began right at the bottom and worked his way up.

1938 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Sept. 17/1 The thrill of being on the way up, of being prominent, being envied.

1938 H. L. Ickes Diary 5 Nov. (1955) II. 497 France is but little better than a third-rate power and is on the way down.

1949 U. Sinclair O Shepherd Speak! vi. 104 Some schools were on their way in and others on their way out.

1960 Guardian 9 Dec. 8/5 Sunrise yellows and pinks are definitely on the way in.

1975 D. Bagley Snow Tiger xx. 163 This is the last job I'll hold as chief engineer. If I lose it I'll be on the way down—I'll be assistant to some smart young guy who is on his way up.

1980 A. Scholefield Berlin Blind i. 5 Calland was a good-looking young man on the way up.

2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Jan. 14/1 But the site is on the way up, with a bullet; other big media companies are struggling to copy its clean design.

(2) colloquial (originally U.S.). on the (also one's) way out: Going down in status, position, estimation, or favour; spec. close to death, about to die.

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1937 Time 25 Jan. 12/3 Every time one of them has called on the President and emerged smiling, rumor has whispered throughout Washington that the other was ‘on his way out’.

1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. i. 27 The Scottish king could well afford to make the concession: she was on her way out, he was on his way in.

1962 in R. Jarrell Sad Heart at Supermarket 92 Poetry is on the way out!

1969 R. A. Campbell tr. Seneca Lett. from Stoic xii. 57 He looks as if he's on the way out. Where did you get him from? What was the attraction in taking over someone else's dead for burial?

1978 E. M. Chamberlain Gates of Fire vii. 140 Once mine [sc. a parachute] opened only partially and then gave out at eighteen hundred feet. ‘At last,’ I thought, ‘I'm on my way out.’

1998 R. Price Freedomland ii. ix. 159 The guy looked dope-sick—swollen hands, cloudy-eyed, on his way out.

2011 New Yorker 18 Apr. 94/3 The Relationship Status menu, among whose options is the phrase ‘It's complicated’. This may be a euphemism for ‘on my way out’.

(d) on the way.

(i) Of a woman: a specified number of months pregnant. In early use on her way.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adverb]

on the way1598

progestationally1943

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 666 She is two months on her way [sc. with child] .

1779 Literary Fly 30 Jan. 15 An intimate friend, whose amiable wife—almost eight months on her way to make him a father.

1865 A. Macdonald Let. Apr. in A. W. Baldwin Macdonald Sisters (1960) vi. 100 Poor Mrs Hughes..is ‘on the way again, blest if she ain't’.

1941 E. Welty Curtain of Green (1943) 39 I bet you another Jax that lady's three months on the way.

2008 Filipino Rep. (N.Y.) 5 Sept. 37 Jinkee Pacquiao is five months on the way, and the husband, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, is just as excited.

(ii) Of a baby: in the womb; as yet unborn; (also) about to be born; in the process of being born. Also occasionally on the ways.

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1887 A. Bower Asserted but not Proved vi. 50 He's gone to the next village; there's a baby on the way.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 306 I'm a married man, an' my fourth's on the ways [sic] now, she says.

1919 V. Woolf Night & Day ix. 121 He has two children, and another on the way.

1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case vi. i. 183 I think I have a baby on the way... He doesn't want one.

2004 All About Soap 23 Oct. 18/3 Pretending the young mum-to-be's baby is on the way, the despicable duo con the neighbours into giving them money for a taxi to the hospital.

2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Oct. 5 I had three babies and another one on the way.

单词	on the way
释义	> as lemmas on (also upon) the (also one's) way g. on (also upon) the (also one's) way. (a) As the complement of a verb of motion: forward on one's course or journey; onward, along. Now often with the implication of departure (cf. Phrases 2g(c)(iii), Phrases 2g(c)(v)). Also with verb of motion understood. Cf. sense A. 9b. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 160 Þa gewende seo eorod þe we ær embe spræcon, forð on heora weg. lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 170 Ealle hi hale and gesunde on heora wege ham gewænton. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 676 Brutus..ferde riht on his wei [c1300 Otho way]. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. i. sig. aj^v Ryde on your wey, for I wille not be long behynde. a1500 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) l. 315 I mot walke one my wey, þorgh þis wilde wood. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts viii. 39 He went on his waye reioysynge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 131 It was the Friar of Orders gray, As he forth walked on his way . View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Howard Blind Lady i. i, in Poems 31 Farewell, I leave you to your thoughts,—I'le on my way to night. Heaven direct and prosper you. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 167 Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way . View more context for this quotation a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 361 She came on her way as far as Metz. 1765 G. Colman tr. Terence Step-mother i. ii, in tr. Terence Comedies 345 There's the whole business. Now I'll on my way. 1847 G. P. R. James Russell II. i. 10 Riding on their way, they were soon beyond the circle within which they expected the greatest danger to lie. 1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xvi. 297 When we fall we must rise again, and go on our way, wishing ourselves..better luck another time. 1881 Punch 27 Aug. 94/2 The [H.M.S.] Hercules got up steam and went on her way westward. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad iii. 20 We had boiled the quartpots at a waterhole a mile or so back and were continuing on our way. 1975 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 2 July in Lett. to Eva (1991) 249 We started on our way, with some terrifying paths. 1997 J. Churchill Fear of Frying 105 She just does what they want her to, and goes on her way without getting her knickers in a twist. 2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Oct. 29/1 ‘Salaam aleikum,’ he said, with a deferential nod of his head, then continued on his way. (b) During, or in the course of, a journey. Also: situated or lying along the particular route or path. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > on or in the course of a journey [phrase] in the (also one's) wayOE by the wayOE by wayOE on (also upon) the (also one's) wayOE in the mean way1569 en route1779 OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 34 Witodlice hi on wege [L. in via] smeadon hwylc hyra yldost wære. lOE St. James the Greater (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 24 Þa geseh he sumne creopere licgende on his weige. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8054 Fand þai noþer fra þat sith. Man ne beist þat þai wit met, þat on þair wai þam moght do lett. 1549 T. Broke tr. J. Calvin Of Life Christen Man sig. F.iii^v Oure Lorde, as he forseeth to be expedient, meeteth vs on the waye, and healpeth vs. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. ii. i. 47 He sent a trumpeter to them, who met with the hostages vpon the way. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 16 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Overtaking him upon the way. 1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy iii. 299 Leaving the Lake Avernus, you find on the way among the ruines of the City Cuma..great foundations and ruines of Towers. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 I will my self conduct thee on thy Way . View more context for this quotation 1730 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 26 Ever make it a standing Rule to water on the Way before you arrive at the baiting Place. 1796 tr. F. Le Vaillant New Trav. Afr. III. 394 I had observed on the way a tree, with an enormous nest of those birds. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xiv. 15 And Cintra's mountain greets them on their way. 1837 T. Roscoe Tourist in Spain, Biscay & Castiles iii. 45 It was always practicable, particularly when there were any wine or brandy shops on the way, to outwalk his beasts. 1891 Fur, Fin & Feather Mar. 169 They reckons to make mighty slick work in cleaning everything up on the way back. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. iv. 46 He came in here on the way. 1958 A. Sillitoe Loneliness Long Distance Runner 17 Scrumping a few sour apples on our way. 2004 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 14 Dec. 2 He would often pick her up a present on the way home. 2013 New Yorker 3 June 20/1 A sign on the way warned, ‘Quiet Please Googlers at Work’. (c) As the predicate of to be (or occasionally another copular verb). (i) Travelling towards a particular destination; having started on one's journey. Usually with prepositional phrase or adverb expressing the destination. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 25 Beo þu onbugende þinum wiðerwinnan hraðe þa hwile þe ðu eart on wege [L. in via] mid him. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 549 (MED) He thoght to be wele on hys way Or it war passed þe thryd day. 1523 Earl of Surrey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 227 Trusting that the gonners be well on the waye hiderwards. 1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes v. f. 104^v Whyle they were on their way, it semed good y^t some one of the Captaines should goe quickely before to assaile thenemy. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 68 You should haue bin well on your way to Yorke. View more context for this quotation 1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. E3 The Traueller now is well on his way, and if the weather be faire, he walkes with the better cheere. 1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot 6 But being on his way to White-hall, he acted the part of a Mad-man. 1778 J. Stark Let. 8 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (2006) Revolutionary War Ser. XVI. 275 Forty Indians..are on their way to this place. 1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 VIII. 132 The three regiments from Ireland, and the British recruits that went with them, are, I trust, well on their way by this time to Charles-town. 1825 J. Irons Zion's Hymns (ed. 3) §224 sig. N4^v Away ye vanities of earth, We're on our way to heaven. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 23 On the following morning I was on my way towards this valley. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 329 The debtor was on his way to the office of the official receiver. 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 129 The young men..were on their way home. 1974 N.Y. Times 6 May 42/1 [It] would enable firemen to study a building's pre-filed floor plan, dangers and contents while they were on the way to a fire. 2012 M. R. Gordon & B. E. Trainor Endgame xviii. 329 The general was on his way to Kuwait. (ii) Of an event, development, etc.: about to happen; imminent, coming. ΚΠ a1780 J. Macgowan Disc. Bk. Ruth (1781) iii. 57 Nor is this to be considered as an empty threatening, for its fulfilment is on its way. 1812 Scots Mag. June 460/1 I cannot forget that they were told, and taught to believe, on authority, that a great Coming was on its way. 1929 Manch. Guardian 26 Oct. 14/5 I feel sure war is on the way. 1968 J. Nathan tr. K. Oe Personal Matter (1969) 89 A storm was on its way. 1986 Times 25 Oct. 23/2 The price tells all. It looks as though a bid is on the way. 2014 Guardian 14 Apr. 23/5 A new reversible USB plug is on its 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. (iv) figurative. Progressing or developing towards a goal or accomplishment, or a probable (and often unwelcome) outcome. Frequently in to be well on one's (also the) way. Usually with prepositional phrase or adverb expressing the goal, outcome, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > accomplish a distance in a short time to make good time1834 to be well on one's (also the) way1839 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress to go or run on wheelsc1547 forge1769 to be off and running1823 to be well on one's (also the) way1900 to take or make strides1926 1839 Corsair 27 Apr. 105/1 Having made one author, entirely by themselves, and he well on his way to immortality, this same creative circle undertook another. 1880 C. C. Jackson Old Régime I. viii. 99 The scheme was well on its way towards realization. 1900 P. F. Warner Cricket in Many Climes i. iv. 59 Dick Berens ran me out when I was well on my way to a hundred. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 220/1 It would appear to be well on the way to losing it through the rapid urbanization it is undergoing. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. 50/3 Today we may well be on the way to serious under-production. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 21 Three wickets in the second innings. Five in the match. I was on my way. Slowly. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 May (Review section) 4/1 Some experts say we are well on our way toward the sixth great extinction. (v) colloquial (originally U.S.). on your way (also, now rarely, be on your way, get on your way): (as an imperative) go away, get going. Also occasionally (U.S.): expressing astonishment or incredulity; ‘get out’, ‘get away’ (see to get out 1b(b) at get v. Phrasal verbs 1, to get away 1b(b) at get v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [phrase] here lies our way1609 go scrape!1611 off (with you)!1809 on your way1865 twenty-three skidoo1926 (get) on your bike1980 1865 Flag of Our Union 6 May 286/2 Place up the shutter as quickly as possible, and be on your way to a place of safety. 1893 tr. Herodas in J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets (ed. 3) II. xx. 235 Go, get on your way, and don't take him round by Miccale's, but follow the straight road. 1903 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1907) 236 Be on your way, Freddie. 1910 P. G. Wodehouse Gentleman of Leisure xi. 109 ‘We're going down with him to the country to-day, Spike, so be ready.’ ‘On your way, boss. What's dat?’ 1974 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Bornless Keeper xii. 113 Toddle off back to Victoria... On your way, amigo. 1998 R. Powers Gain (1999) 114 'Bye. On your way with you. One down, five to go. (vi) colloquial (originally U.S.). Followed by an adverb of direction. (1) on the (also one's) way up (also in, etc.): expressing a rise in status, position, estimation, or favour. Similarly on the (also one's) way down: expressing the opposite sense (see also on the (also one's) way out at Phrases 2g(c)(vi)(2)). ΚΠ 1888 Unitarian Rev. Feb. 120 The thrifty, hard-working, hard-dealing man of the middle class, who is on his way up, is disliked by those above and below him. 1902 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. Oct. 783/2 I used to know him..in the old days when he was on his way up; he began right at the bottom and worked his way up. 1938 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Sept. 17/1 The thrill of being on the way up, of being prominent, being envied. 1938 H. L. Ickes Diary 5 Nov. (1955) II. 497 France is but little better than a third-rate power and is on the way down. 1949 U. Sinclair O Shepherd Speak! vi. 104 Some schools were on their way in and others on their way out. 1960 Guardian 9 Dec. 8/5 Sunrise yellows and pinks are definitely on the way in. 1975 D. Bagley Snow Tiger xx. 163 This is the last job I'll hold as chief engineer. If I lose it I'll be on the way down—I'll be assistant to some smart young guy who is on his way up. 1980 A. Scholefield Berlin Blind i. 5 Calland was a good-looking young man on the way up. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Jan. 14/1 But the site is on the way up, with a bullet; other big media companies are struggling to copy its clean design. (2) colloquial (originally U.S.). on the (also one's) way out: Going down in status, position, estimation, or favour; spec. close to death, about to die. ΚΠ 1937 Time 25 Jan. 12/3 Every time one of them has called on the President and emerged smiling, rumor has whispered throughout Washington that the other was ‘on his way out’. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. i. 27 The Scottish king could well afford to make the concession: she was on her way out, he was on his way in. 1962 in R. Jarrell Sad Heart at Supermarket 92 Poetry is on the way out! 1969 R. A. Campbell tr. Seneca Lett. from Stoic xii. 57 He looks as if he's on the way out. Where did you get him from? What was the attraction in taking over someone else's dead for burial? 1978 E. M. Chamberlain Gates of Fire vii. 140 Once mine [sc. a parachute] opened only partially and then gave out at eighteen hundred feet. ‘At last,’ I thought, ‘I'm on my way out.’ 1998 R. Price Freedomland ii. ix. 159 The guy looked dope-sick—swollen hands, cloudy-eyed, on his way out. 2011 New Yorker 18 Apr. 94/3 The Relationship Status menu, among whose options is the phrase ‘It's complicated’. This may be a euphemism for ‘on my way out’. (d) on the way. (i) Of a woman: a specified number of months pregnant. In early use on her way. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adverb] on the way1598 progestationally1943 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 666 She is two months on her way [sc. with child] . View more context for this quotation 1779 Literary Fly 30 Jan. 15 An intimate friend, whose amiable wife—almost eight months on her way to make him a father. 1865 A. Macdonald Let. Apr. in A. W. Baldwin Macdonald Sisters (1960) vi. 100 Poor Mrs Hughes..is ‘on the way again, blest if she ain't’. 1941 E. Welty Curtain of Green (1943) 39 I bet you another Jax that lady's three months on the way. 2008 Filipino Rep. (N.Y.) 5 Sept. 37 Jinkee Pacquiao is five months on the way, and the husband, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, is just as excited. (ii) Of a baby: in the womb; as yet unborn; (also) about to be born; in the process of being born. Also occasionally on the ways. ΚΠ 1887 A. Bower Asserted but not Proved vi. 50 He's gone to the next village; there's a baby on the way. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 306 I'm a married man, an' my fourth's on the ways [sic] now, she says. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day ix. 121 He has two children, and another on the way. 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case vi. i. 183 I think I have a baby on the way... He doesn't want one. 2004 All About Soap 23 Oct. 18/3 Pretending the young mum-to-be's baby is on the way, the despicable duo con the neighbours into giving them money for a taxi to the hospital. 2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Oct. 5 I had three babies and another one on the way. extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ on the way (d) on the way. (i) Of a woman: a specified number of months pregnant. In early use on her way. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adverb] on the way1598 progestationally1943 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 666 She is two months on her way [sc. with child] . View more context for this quotation 1779 Literary Fly 30 Jan. 15 An intimate friend, whose amiable wife—almost eight months on her way to make him a father. 1865 A. Macdonald Let. Apr. in A. W. Baldwin Macdonald Sisters (1960) vi. 100 Poor Mrs Hughes..is ‘on the way again, blest if she ain't’. 1941 E. Welty Curtain of Green (1943) 39 I bet you another Jax that lady's three months on the way. 2008 Filipino Rep. (N.Y.) 5 Sept. 37 Jinkee Pacquiao is five months on the way, and the husband, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, is just as excited. (ii) Of a baby: in the womb; as yet unborn; (also) about to be born; in the process of being born. Also occasionally on the ways. ΚΠ 1887 A. Bower Asserted but not Proved vi. 50 He's gone to the next village; there's a baby on the way. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 306 I'm a married man, an' my fourth's on the ways [sic] now, she says. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day ix. 121 He has two children, and another on the way. 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case vi. i. 183 I think I have a baby on the way... He doesn't want one. 2004 All About Soap 23 Oct. 18/3 Pretending the young mum-to-be's baby is on the way, the despicable duo con the neighbours into giving them money for a taxi to the hospital. 2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Oct. 5 I had three babies and another one on the way. extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ < as lemmas
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