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Definition

To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.

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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."