in one's way

in one's way
{adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Within reach; likely to be met; before you. * /The chance to work for a printer was put in my way./ Compare: PUT IN THE WAY OF. 2. or[in the way] In your path as a hindrance; placed so as to block the way. * /Fred tried to get to the door, but the table was in the way./ * /A tree had fallen across the street and was in Jim's way as he drove./ * /Mary tried to clean the house, but the baby was always in the way./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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