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What does it mean?
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My Celine  #183597  Sun, 15 Jan 06 03:27 PM

Gasoline-powered cars will go the way of the hourse and buggy by 2015.

What does "go the way of " mean?

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pieanne  #183599  Sun, 15 Jan 06 03:30 PM
They will go the same way horses (was that "hourses"?) and buggies have gone: obsolete"
  
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CalifJim  #183804  Sun, 15 Jan 06 10:31 PM
"will go the way of" - "will travel the same (historical) road as" - "will experience the same history as" - "will suffer the same consequences as" - "will pass through the same (historical) stages as"

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