adv. or adj. phr. 1. Within reach; likely to be met; before you. The chance to work for a printer was put in my way.
Compare: PUT IN THE WAY OF. 2. or in the way In your path as a hindrance; placed so as to block the way. Fred tried to get to the door, but the table was in the way. A tree had fallen across the street and was in Jim's way as he drove. Mary tried to clean the house, but the baby was always in the way.