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in someone's way

in someone's way prepositional phrase: obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of someone.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of someone.
    • I couldn't get to the door because there were too many people in my way.
    • Wrex: Shepard! Get that second hammer going!
      Shepard: There's a Reaper in my way, Wrex!
      Wrex: I know! You get all the fun!2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka
  2. Of interest or relevance to someone.
    • In the meantime, we had found nothing of any value but the silver and the trinkets, and neither of these were in our way.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Synonyms of in someone's way

Questions about in someone's way

What does in someone's way mean?
In someone's way means obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of someone.
What part of speech is in someone's way?
In someone's way is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in someone's way in the dictionary

  1. in someone's pocket
  2. in someone's shoes
  3. in someone's time
  4. in someone's view
  5. in someone's vocabulary
  6. in someone's way
  7. in something's favor
  8. in something's way
  9. in sooth
  10. in sort
  11. in spades

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