down the road/path to perdition

idiom

old-fashioned
: to something very dangerous or harmful
It's this kind of selfishness that leads down the road/path to perdition.

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“Down the road/path to perdition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20road%2Fpath%20to%20perdition. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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