get in the way en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
Ideology constantly gets in the way. For the Government, unions are militant "Trots" out to cause political trouble. For the unions, the private sector is a grasping, evil leech. Neither is true.
2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:If we don't let nothing get in our way / We can make it to a brighter day / But I don't wanna miss the sign / So I need your light with mine
1973, Ashford & Simpson, “I Need Your Light”, in Gimme Someting Real:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| got in the way | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got in the way | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets in the way | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| getting in the way | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| get in one's way | alternative | lexicographic | |
| gotten in the way | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (29)
pl stanąć na zawadzie (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · de stören (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · ru помеша́ть (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pt atrapalhar (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · de hindern (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · hy խանգարել (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · es no dejar (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · de behindern (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · es interponerse (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · ru препя́тствовать (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl stać na przeszkodzie (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · grc ἐπιπροσθέω (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl stać na zawadzie (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl stać na drodze (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl stanąć na przeszkodzie (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · es no permitir (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · ru меша́ть (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · ru воспрепя́тствовать (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · de dazwischenkommen (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · es estorbar [al] (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · cmn 妨礙 /妨碍 (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl stawać na drodze (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl stanąć na drodze (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl wchodzić w paradę (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · la impedio (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · cmn 阻礙 /阻碍 (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · ja 邪魔になる (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · pl wejść w paradę (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere) · ja 妨げる (to obstruct, hinder, or interfere)