Definition
To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.
In Context
- "Vinyl records seem to have gone the way of the dinosaurs [i.e. become extinct, or fallen out of common use]."
- "We now need to make coal- and gas-fired power plants go the way of whale oil. And if you want to change the world, it helps first to have an alternative. People invented railways to replace horse-drawn carriages, electricity to supplant steam engines, rock oil for whale oil, and the market – Adam Smith’s great invisible hand – ensured they took hold."