"be on one's merry way" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is on one's merry way [present, singular, third-person], being on one's merry way [participle, present], was on one's merry way [past], been on one's merry way [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> on one's merry way}} be on one's merry way (third-person singular simple present is on one's merry way, present participle being on one's merry way, simple past was on one's merry way, past participle been on one's merry way)
  1. Alternative form of go on one's merry way Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: go on one's merry way
    Sense id: en-be_on_one's_merry_way-en-verb-S0yTNitJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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