way to go

1. Well done, as in That was a great lecture—way to go! This exclamation of approval and encouragement originated in sports, addressed to athletes who are performing well. In the 1960s it began to be used for any kind of achievement.

Example Sentences

"If you're able to win one and go out like that, it'd be a nice way to go out, but I still think I've got a little bit more to give and the club wanted me to still stay on so I'm very happy about that," he added.

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It thinks putting local farmers at center stage is the way to go.

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While it’s tough for individual investors to pick those stocks ahead of time, and it’s not a particularly profitable way to go about it, governments will continue to create a lot of investment opportunities if one knows where to look, says Haefele.

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It was never anticipated that this was going to be the best way to go after DOJ lawyers, who have a whole web of obligations to answer to the Constitution and not the president.

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But Taiwan’s drive for energy self-sufficiency has a long way to go, leaving the island more immediately focused on a U.S. assessment that Chinese leader Xi Jinping wants his military to be ready to seize Taiwan by force by 2027.

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