IN ONE'S WAY


Meaning of IN ONE'S WAY in English

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.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.