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2021-08-11 07:08
Wend (one's) way literary old use
Usually used in the phrase "wend (one's) way home."
To move or travel slowly in a particular direction or path.
We wended our way along the beach to unwind after playing football.
I was afraid of wending my way home too late at night, so I booked a taxi.
Someone must have wended his way into my house when I was asleep.
To move quickly up and down and from side to side, typically in an attempt to avoid hitting or being hit by something
To move in a slow and unconcerned manner.
Cockney rhyming slang for go
To head to something or someone quickly and directly.
The verb "wend" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase first appeared in the anonymous Cursor Mundi in the late fourteenth century. It was in use for nearly two hundred years, then fell out of favor, only to be resurrected in the early nineteenth century. It was used by a number of authors, including Charles Dickens: “As she wended her way homewards” (Nicholas Nickleby, 1839).
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
