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in the road

in the road prepositional phrase: obstructing, blocking, or hindering; that forms an impediment to progress.

Prepositional phrase

in the road

  1. Obstructing, blocking, or hindering; that forms an impediment to progress.
    • ‘Well, anyone with half an eye can see they’re only in the bloomin’ road here.’1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 53
    Synonyms:
    in the way

in the road meaning in Tamil

in the road in Tamil

ஒதுக்கு

Synonyms of in the road

Questions about in the road

What does in the road mean?
In the road means obstructing, blocking, or hindering; that forms an impediment to progress.
What is in the road in Tamil?
In the road in Tamil is ஒதுக்கு. See In the road meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in the road?
In the road is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the road in the dictionary

  1. in the refrigerator
  2. in the region of
  3. in the reign of Queen Dick
  4. in the right
  5. in the right place at the right time
  6. in the road
  7. in the room
  8. in the rough
  9. in the round
  10. in the running
  11. in the sack

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