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Phrase(s): in someone’s or something’s way [and] 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., Phrase(s): *in someone’s way
1. Lit. in the pathway of someone. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~; stand ~.) • Don’t get in Bob’s way while he is bringing groceries in from the car. 2. and in the way of someone(’s plans) Fig. interfering with a person in the pursuit of plans or intentions; hindering someone’s plans. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; stand ~.) • I am going to leave home. Please don’t get in my way. • She intends to become a lawyer and no one had better get in her way. • I would never get into the way of her plans.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs