that’s the way it goes—that’s the way things happen:
- That’s the way it goes in any kind of criminal conspiracy to hide the truth. More and more people become involved, more and more crimes are committed to hide an initial truth.
that’s the way to go —(also: way to go) is used as an encouragement to proceed with the chosen plan or process:
- Either I’m going to think about it every day or I’m just going to try to be positive about it and I think that’s the way to go.