A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

go one’s own way • go one’s way
go one’s own way —follow one’s inclinations; act independ-
ently: Parents need to realize that as children grow up, they’ve
got to let them go their own way.
Note:
The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase
have one’s own way—(also: have one’s way) do what one wants
meeting with no opposition: Divide a nation into parties, or set
your enemies at loggerheads, and you can have your own way.
go one’s way —
1
. leave a place; depart: I told him I did not
care whether he got into parliament or not; so he called me
Mugwump and went his way. 2. = go one’s own way: Before
starting my work, I got some ideas from the director, but he
let me go my way from there.
Note:
The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the
phrase go out of one’s way—(also: put oneself out of the way)
go to great trouble to do smth. well: Why does a daughter of
mine, whom I’ve loved go out of her way to make a jackass
of me?
go out of service • quit the service
go out of service —be no longer in operation; cease to be
used: The “slow” jets of the 
1
960s went out of service as they
were replaced by more modern machines.
quit the service —
1
. leave one’s employment : When he
thought him sufficiently mellowed, he proposed to him to quit
the service of his new employer. 2. leave the army: His career
will provide another example of why serving sergeants and
young officers quit the service.
go out on the town • go to town
go out on the town —(coll.) go out and enjoy oneself in bars,
clubs, etc.: We went out on the town to celebrate our wedding
anniversary.
go to town —(coll.) 
1
. put in a lot of vigor and enthusiasm
in an activity: They really went to town on the Christmas
decorations this year. 2. severely reprimand or criticize smb.:
When a question was asked and I could not answer he went
to town on me.