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单词 to go one's own way
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to go one's own way
(a) to go one's own way: to act independently or as one wishes, esp. contrary to advice; to resist the influence of other people.
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1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Omnes itinera insistant sua, let euery man go his owne waye.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 265 Hee goes his owne way; his owne steps carry him in his owne path.
1684 Tryal L. Braddon & H. Speke 75 When you were advised by Sir Henry Capel to take a prudent and a good course, to go and leave it with a Secretary of State, you would not take that Advice, but you would go your own way, and you would turn Examiner, and Prosecutor your self.
1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. viii. 169 I suppose he's got among them—a fine flashy set of trades-folks—and enters into their amusements and views; and if so, I shall never disturb him, let him go his own way; only I shall not choose to have a shopkeeper an inmate at Rayland Hall.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. ix. 179 At any rate, it is safer to leave people to their own devices on such subjects. Every body likes to go their own way . View more context for this quotation
1920 E. Obecny tr. W. S. Reymont Comédienne x. 427 Only foolish people anger themselves or rejoice. A man ought merely to look on, observe, and go his own way.
1970 A. Lelchuk Amer. Mischief (1973) ii. 196 Go your own way. Be your own men. Leave your bored and tired elders to worship excrement and degradation. Be better than they.
2000 K. Charles Cruel Habitations (2001) xxi. 417 He and I were meant to be colleagues in ministry in Sutton Fen. But he always went his own way, and looked down his nose at the Established Church.
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