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on one's way

Idioms  
  1. See on the way .

  2. Also, be on one's way . Leave, get going, as in “ On your way ,” said the officer, trying to move the crowd , or It's been a wonderful party but we must be on our way now . [Early 1900s]


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They look very different on one’s way out than they do on the way in, before Mr. Margulies has moved us to think hard about the people who take them.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2013

Can one borrow a piece of Tupperware without asking in an emergency when on one’s way to a dinner party?

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2012

One is on one's way to one's club to dine with Postumus and dear old "Wigsby" Pendennis, quietly at one's consecrated table near the fireplace.

From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

It's worth doing months and months of trenches to get that buoyant, electrical sensation of passing along through English country on one's way to London on leave.

From Bullets & Billets by Bairnsfather, Bruce

Other joys may be caught up in Gideon’s fashion, while one marches on one’s way.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various