"way to go" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-way to go.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} way to go
  1. An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval. Translations (expression of congrats, encouragement or approval): 好样的,加油! (Chinese Mandarin), sillä lailla (Finnish), bien joué ! (French), Gut gemacht! (German), Bravo! (German), Weiter so! (German), εύγε (évge) (Greek), μπράβο (brávo) (Greek), כָּל הַכָּבוֹד! (kól hakavód!) (Hebrew), ez igen! (Hungarian), ez az! (Hungarian), csak így tovább! (Hungarian), gratulálok! (Hungarian), tak trzymać (Polish), boa! (Portuguese), sin thu fhèin (Scottish Gaelic), paráda (Slovak), ¡bien hecho! (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-way_to_go-en-intj-cP9kCrT~

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-way to go.wav [US] Forms: ways to go [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ways to go}} way to go (plural ways to go)
  1. A route, course of action; a preferred decision or choice. Synonyms: WTG [initialism] Related terms: what a way to go Translations (preferred decision): paras vaihtoehto (Finnish), richtige Entscheidung [feminine] (German) Translations (right route): oikea tie (Finnish), marche à suivre [feminine] (French), richtige Richtung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-way_to_go-en-noun-C13b0hl2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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