merry way
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- noun
- Informal
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- We got some amoxicillin and went on our merry way.
- go your merry way
Well, I guess I'll clean my phone and be along my merry way.
- Well, I guess I'll clean my phone and be along my merry way.
- And then you either let them go their merry way without clamping them to values, or you only do this with a subset.
Examples
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Go on your merry way; no harm, no foul.
Blog text (15) -
Then you go on your merry way.
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Then you can continue on your merry way.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then I'll be on my merry way.
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And they look it over, hand it back, and off on their merry way they go. Who's not happy?
Fiction book (1998) -
Unless you're not into this kind of thing, in which case go forth on your merry way and have a nice life.
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Thus, the general populace can go their merry way and not have to devote time to "negative thinking."
Blog text (29) -
Sensing he wasn't a "fan" of the President, we thanked him for his time and went on our merry way.
Blog text (9) -
That message: Don't worry if you make a bad money decision, the government will bail you out with no (or very few) penalties, and you can go along your merry way.
Blog text (15) -
After the meeting, we all went on our merry way feeling accomplished.
Synonyms
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To keep doing something happily without worrying about problems
Antonyms
How Merry
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Merry way creates a picture of someone walking along a way (path) feeling merry (happy) after finishing something. That's why it means 'to go on cheerfully'.