make way

make way
phrasal 1. to give room for passing, entering, or occupying 2. to make progress

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • make way — {v. phr.} To move from in front so someone can go through; stand aside. * /The people made way for the king./ * /When older men retire they make way for younger men to take their places./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make way — {v. phr.} To move from in front so someone can go through; stand aside. * /The people made way for the king./ * /When older men retire they make way for younger men to take their places./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • make way — ► make way allow room for someone or something else. Main Entry: ↑make …   English terms dictionary

  • make way — index yield (submit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make way — verb get out of the way (Freq. 3) make way for the President s motorcade • Hypernyms: ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * MOVE ASIDE, clear the way, make a space, make room, stand back. → make * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • make\ way — v. phr. To move from in front so someone can go through; stand aside. The people made way for the king. When older men retire they make way for younger men to take their places …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make way — move off the path, move to the side, make room    If the leader wants your seat in parliament, you make way for her. You give her your seat …   English idioms

  • make way — stand aside, move so someone can go through The truck had to go to the side of the road to make way for the ambulance …   Idioms and examples

  • make way — idi a) to remove obstructions to passage b) to relinquish a place or position; stand aside: Make way for the motorcade …   From formal English to slang

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