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Not precisely an idiom-- more a 'fixed expression'. 'Go' here means 'follow a course, proceed', etc. The expression is a comment on the usual, natural or inevitable order of things:
A: I failed my entrance test.
B: Oh well, that's the way it goes-- just try again!
A: My girlfriend left me for a one-legged man.
B: That's the way it goes-- you can always find another girl friend.
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