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Phrase(s): make way
to make progress; to move ahead. (Originally nautical. See also make way (for someone or something).) • Is this project making way? • A sailboat can’t make way if there is no wind., Phrase(s): make way (for someone or something)
to clear a path for someone or something. • Make way for the stretcher. • Here comes the doctor—make way!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair. This expression was first recorded about 1200. 2. Also, make way for. Leave room for a successor or substitute, as in It's time be re tired and made way for some younger professor. [Mid-1700s] 3. Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see MAKE HEADWAY.
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