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one's way

one's way phrase: used to express a physical movement performed by the subject (especially in a forward direction).

Phrase

one's way

  1. Used to express a physical movement performed by the subject (especially in a forward direction).
    • to force one's way in
    • If necessary, I'll bull my way into the reception.
  2. (figuratively) Used to express an advance or progress made by the subject.
    • to fight one's way into the final
    • He finagled his way out of the difficulty.

Words formed from one's way

Questions about one's way

What does one's way mean?
One's way means used to express a physical movement performed by the subject (especially in a forward direction).
What part of speech is one's way?
One's way is a phrase.

Words near one's way in the dictionary

  1. one's socks off
  2. one's stomach thinks one's throat has been cut
  3. one's teeth water
  4. one's time is one's own
  5. one's turn in the barrel
  6. one's way
  7. one's word is law
  8. one-act
  9. one-acter
  10. one-acters
  11. one-ahead

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