"on one's way" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on one's way, {{en-PP}} on one's way
  1. Leaving; going about one's business. Translations (leaving): weg zijn (Dutch), partir (French), décoller [colloquial] (French), in arrivo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-on_one's_way-en-prep_phrase-p-i12bfF Disambiguation of 'leaving': 75 25
  2. On the way. Synonyms: OMW, omw (english: on my way)
    Sense id: en-on_one's_way-en-prep_phrase-BKn9YZfR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 41 59
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      "word": "weg zijn"
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      "sense": "leaving",
      "word": "partir"
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      "sense": "leaving",
      "word": "in arrivo"
    }
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