go the route

Example Sentences

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I was a party of one, but if I were cruising with my family and wanted a vacation splurge, I’d go the route of the Pennsylvania farmer I met.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

When choosing whether to take the standard deduction or itemize, the key is to go the route that will reduce your taxable income the most.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

“Do I go the route of saying a few words of gratitude for what this moment means to me?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

But we have to understand how easy, how appealing, it is to go the route that Kennedy did.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2023

Flamma, on the outside, had also passed Free Lance, and it was quite patent here that the Long colt could not go the route, for Guaranola had also passed him.

From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by O'Connor, John Lawrence