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.

That car is in the way of the bus and all the other traffic.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • pave the way for someone — pave the way for (someone/something) to make it possible or easier for someone or something to follow. The procedure helped pave the way for successful open heart surgery using the heart lung machine. Related vocabulary: lay someone/something… …   New idioms dictionary

  • clear the way for someone — clear the way (for (someone/something)) to make it possible or easier for someone or something to follow. Approval of the financing helped clear the way for the new construction. Our grandmothers who demanded the vote cleared the way for today s… …   New idioms dictionary

  • prepare the way for someone — prepare the way (for (someone/something)) to create an opportunity for something to happen. His comments prepared the way for the two organizations to work together. Her election prepared the way for me and others like me …   New idioms dictionary

  • smooth the way for someone — smooth the way for (someone/something) to make conditions easier for something to happen. Parents can do a lot to smooth the way for their children when they start school. To smooth our way, many people offered to drive us to and from the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • out of the way — {adv. phr.} 1. Not where people usually go; difficult to reach. * /When little Tommy comes to visit her, Aunt Sally puts her lamps and vases out of the way./ Often used with hyphens before a noun. * /Gold was found in an out of the way village in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of the way — {adv. phr.} 1. Not where people usually go; difficult to reach. * /When little Tommy comes to visit her, Aunt Sally puts her lamps and vases out of the way./ Often used with hyphens before a noun. * /Gold was found in an out of the way village in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living — Externe Weblinks! The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, Darstellung der White Cube Gallery.[1] The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (deutsch Die physische Unmöglichkeit des Todes in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • (the) way things are — the way things are phrase a situation or condition that someone or something is in at a particular time I’m disappointed with the way things have been recently. Thesaurus: general words for situations and circumstancessynonym difficult situations …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Way of the World (book) — Infobox book | name = The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism author = Ron Suskind country = United States language = English subject = Politics publisher = Harper release date = August 5, 2008 pages = 432 isbn =… …   Wikipedia

  • The Way to Happiness — Infobox Organization name = The Way to Happiness Foundation International image border = size = caption = abbreviation = motto = formation = type = Non profit organization headquarters = 201 E. Broadway, Glendale, California membership = language …   Wikipedia

  • the way — phrasal 1. Irish : in such a way that they soldered the bottom of a tin dish on the top of his skull the way you could hear his brains ticking inside James Stephens 2. Irish : in order that …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

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