gone one's own way
Chose separate path
Gone one's own way means to have taken an independent path, separating from a group, relationship, or conventional expectations.
It often implies a parting—amicable or not—where someone pursues their own interests or direction: After college, the bandmates went their own ways.
The phrase can suggest self-determination or simply divergence: She's gone her own way since the divorce.
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
breaking free · maverick · against the grain · originality · trailblazing · self-awareness · eccentricity · road less traveled · off the beaten path · introspection · emancipation · outsider · identity · self-sufficiency · self-made man · individualism · lone wolf · purpose
gone one's own wayfollowed the crowd
Acted like everyone else
conformed · toed the line · fallen in line · gone with the flow · sold out