in the way of someone or something
- in the way of someone or something
in someone's or something's way & in the way of someone or something
Fig. in the pathway or movement of someone or something. •
Don't get in my way.
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That car is in the way of the bus and all the other traffic.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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