make the best of one's way

Meaning: (archaic,idiomatic)To go by the best possible route.1829, John Frederick Dennett,The Voyages and Travels of Captains Parry, Franklin, Ross, and Mr. Belzoni:[…]you, in this case, are to abandon all thoughts of returning by the northern passage, and are tomake the best of your wayhome-ward, by Cape Horn.1836March –1837October,Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, inThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London:Chapman and Hall,[…], published1837,→OCLC:Having uttered this soliloquy, and looked after Job till he was to be seen no more, Mr. Wellermade the best of his wayto his master’s bedroom.1838,Edgar Allan Poe,The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym/Chapter 23:Thoroughly exhausted by our exertions, wemade the best of our wayback to the platform, and throwing ourselves upon the bed of leaves, slept sweetly and soundly for some hours.

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