go (one's) (own) way

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go (one's) (own) way

To proceed, act, or do things in a direction or manner as one so chooses or desires, especially as is distinct, separate, or different from that of others. After meeting resistance with her partner about how the business should be run, she decided to go her way and open her own law firm. Tom doesn't have a huge amount of friends, but I've never worried about him; he just likes to go his own way in life, and that's fine by me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oliver	AHL-ə-vər (English), AW-lee-ver (German), O-lee-ver (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech
Adi (1)	ah-DEE	Hebrew
Fearghas	-	Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Khamisi	-	Eastern African, Swahili
BlaŽEj	-	Czech, Slovak
Valerianus	-	Ancient Roman