put in the way of

put in the way of
or[put in one's way] {v. phr.} To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward. * /After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job./ * /The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the subject of my report./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • put in the way of — or[put in one s way] {v. phr.} To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward. * /After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job./ * /The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • The Way International — Founder(s) Victor Paul Wierwille Location New Knoxville, Ohio, U.S. Origins October 3, 1942 [1] Vesper Chimes radio program[2] Key peopl …   Wikipedia

  • put on the dog — {v. phr.} To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner. * / Stop putting on the dog with me, Sue cried at Roy. I knew the real you from way hack! / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on the dog — {v. phr.} To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner. * / Stop putting on the dog with me, Sue cried at Roy. I knew the real you from way hack! / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put out of the way — {v. phr.} To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put out of the way — {v. phr.} To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • The Way We Live Now — For the Susan Sontag short story, see The Way We Live Now (short story) . The Way We Live Now is a scathing satirical novel published in London in 1875 by Anthony Trollope, after a popular serialisation. It was regarded by many of Trollope s… …   Wikipedia

  • The Way of All Flesh (novel) — Infobox Book name = The Way of All Flesh title orig = translator = image caption = author = Samuel Butler illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Semi Autobiographical novel publisher = Grant… …   Wikipedia

  • The Way of the Warrior — ST episode series = Deep Space Nine name = The Way of the Warrior ep num = 73 prod num = 473 474 date = October 2, 1995 writer = Ira Steven Behr Robert Hewitt Wolfe director = James L. Conway guest = Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates Marc Alaimo as… …   Wikipedia

  • put one out of the way — See: OUT OF THE WAY(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”