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see the way clear to

see the way clear to is the alternative form of see one's way clear to.

Meaning of see one's way clear to

Verb

see one's way clear to (third-person singular simple present sees one's way clear to, present participle seeing one's way clear to, simple past saw one's way clear to, past participle seen one's way clear to)

  1. (idiomatic) To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).
    • [N]othing but revenge was on the cards, and he could not see his way clear to that.1884, Charles Reade, chapter 17, in A Perilous Secret

Forms of see the way clear to

third-person singular presentsees the way clear to
present participleseeing the way clear to
pastsaw the way clear to
past participleseen the way clear to

Questions about see the way clear to

What is see the way clear to the alternative form of?
See the way clear to is the alternative form of see one's way clear to.

Words near see the way clear to in the dictionary

  1. see the light
  2. see the light of day
  3. see the point
  4. see the same way
  5. see the trees through the forest
  6. see the way clear to
  7. see the wood for the trees
  8. see the woods for the trees
  9. see the world
  10. see things
  11. see through

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Adapted from Wiktionary: see the way clear to (page history and authors); see one's way clear to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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