"go one's own way" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes one's own way [present, singular, third-person], going one's own way [participle, present], went one's own way [past], gone one's own way [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> one's own way}} go one's own way (third-person singular simple present goes one's own way, present participle going one's own way, simple past went one's own way, past participle gone one's own way)
  1. To act on one's own or according to one's own wishes, without regard of the advice of others. Related terms: go their separate ways, have it your way, go it alone, plough one's own furrow Translations (Translations): kulkea omaa tietään (Finnish), aller son chemin (French), iść swoją drogą [imperfective] (Polish), pójść swoją drogą [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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