go down (a/the) road

To act, behave, or do things in a particular way or manner. Everyone fears Stephen is going down the road to alcoholism just as his father did.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nahor	NAY-hawr (English)	Biblical
Lexy	LEKS-ee	English
Dora	DAWR-ə (English), DO-rah (Croatian, Serbian)	English, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian
Riitta	REE:T-tah	Finnish
Edur	-	Basque
MyrgjÖL	-	Ancient Scandinavian