on one's way
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See on the way .
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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]
Example Sentences
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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
"That depends on one's way of looking at things," the forester replied, indifferently.
From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Even on one's way to Italy one may spare a throb of desire for the beautiful vision of the castled Grisons.
From Italian Hours by James, Henry
There is a way of encountering error while on one's way to the truth.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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