go down that road
To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I do not want to go down that road again.”
“She decides not to go down that road with her new business.”
“You go down that road every time you start a new diet.”
“We should avoid arguing about politics because we always go down that road and end up angry.”
“If we go down that road and borrow more money, we might struggle to pay our bills next year.”
“The manager asked if the team was truly ready to go down that road before they changed the entire project plan.”
“Instead of buying a used car, they chose to go down that road of leasing a brand new vehicle for three years.”
“Although the legal team warned of the potential consequences, the company chose to go down that road, risking a long and expensive court battle.”
Derived from the noun road, specifically in its figurative sense of pursuing a particular course of action or achieving a result. The expression relies upon the conceptual metaphor of a physical path representing the progression of a decision or a life choice.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all roads lead to Rome
Different paths can take one to the same goal.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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bump in the road
A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
Last updated August 10, 2026