in someone's way en · ADP
Meanings
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Obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of someone.
Wrex: Shepard! Get that second hammer going! Shepard: There's a Reaper in my way, Wrex! Wrex: I know! You get all the fun!
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:I couldn't get to the door because there were too many people in my way.
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Of interest or relevance to someone.
In the meantime, we had found nothing of any value but the silver and the trinkets, and neither of these were in our way.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
Synonyms
in the way of (obstructing or blocking) · in something's way (obstructing or blocking) · in the way