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
Augustyn	ow-GUWS-tin	Polish
Aurora	ow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English), OW-ro-rah (Finnish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Gadar	-	Armenian
Apollodoros	-	Ancient Greek
Abraam	-	Biblical Greek, Georgian
Grady	GRAY-dee	Irish, English