CLEAR THE WAY (FOR STH / FOR STH TO HAPPEN)

Meaning of CLEAR THE WAY (FOR STH / FOR STH TO HAPPEN) in English

to remove things that are stopping the progress or movement of sth :

The ruling could clear the way for extradition proceedings.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); fə …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STH — брит. ; сокр. от south , southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STH — брит.; сокр. от south, southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAPPEN — I. ˈhapən, -p ə m verb ( happened -pənd, -p ə nd ; happened “ ; happening -p(ə)niŋ ; happens …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEAR — I. ˈkli(ə)r, -iə adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English clere, from Old French cler, from Latin clarus clear, bright, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAPPEN — /hap"euhn/ , v.i. 1. to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEAR — — clearable , adj. — clearness , n. /klear/ , adj., clearer, clearest , adv., clearer, clearest , v., n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEAR — I. ˈklir adjective Etymology: Middle English clere, from Anglo-French cler, from Latin clarus clear, bright; akin to Latin calare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAPPEN — intransitive verb ( hap·pened ; hap·pen·ing ˈhap-niŋ, ˈha-pə-) Etymology: Middle English, from hap Date: 14th century 1. : to occur …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAPPEN — vi to take place; to occur. 2. happen ·vi to come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall …
Webster English vocab
CLEAR — adv in a clear manner; plainly. 2. clear ·superl free from guilt or stain; unblemished. 3. clear ·superl free from …
Webster English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEAR — [clear] adj [ME clere, fr. OF cler, fr. L clarus clear, bright; akin to L calare to call--more at low] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAPPEN — happen BrE AmE ˈhæp ə n ▷ happened ˈhæp ə nd ⇨-md ▷ happening/s ˈhæp ə n‿ɪŋ/z ▷ happens ˈhæp …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAPPEN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAR — / klɪə(r); NAmE klɪr/ adjective , verb , adverb ■ adjective ( clear·er , clear·est ) WITHOUT CONFUSION / DOUBT …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAPPEN — hap ‧ pen S1 W1 /ˈhæpən/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: hap ( ⇨ ↑ happy …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLEAR — I. clear 1 S1 W1 /klɪə $ klɪr/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative clearer , superlative clearest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAPPEN — v. & adv. --v.intr. 1 occur (by chance or otherwise). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) have the (good or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEAR — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 free from dirt or contamination. 2 (of weather, the sky, etc.) not dull or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAPPEN — v. & adv. v.intr. 1 occur (by chance or otherwise). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) have the (good or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEAR — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 free from dirt or contamination. 2 (of weather, the sky, etc.) not dull or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
HAPPEN — v. & adv. --v.intr. 1. occur (by chance or otherwise). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) have the (good or …
Oxford English vocab
CLEAR — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1. free from dirt or contamination. 2 (of weather, the sky, etc.) not dull or …
Oxford English vocab
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAPPEN — ( happens, happening, happened) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAR — ( clearer, clearest, clears, clearing, cleared) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAPPEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEAR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAPPEN — (CHANCE) [verb] - to do or be by chanceThey happened to look in the right place almost immediately. [+ to …
Cambridge English vocab
HAPPEN — Synonyms and related words : be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, become of, befall, betide, break, bump, chance, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAR — Synonyms and related words : Attic, Ciceronian, Mickey Mouse, above water, abroad, absolute, absolve, absolved, abstract, account for, accumulate, acquire, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAPPEN — Adv. Perhaps, maybe. E.g."Happen it's going to rain this afternoon." [Northern use. Dialect]
Slang English vocab
HAPPEN — I. noun Happen is used after these nouns: ↑ break-in II. verb ADVERB ▪ actually , really ▪ She couldn't …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
HAPPEN — INDEX: 1. to happen 2. when what you want or expect happens 3. ways of saying something happens to someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
HAPPEN — See ↑ HAPPEN 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ as it happens • ↑ be happening • ↑ nothing ever happens
Longman Activator English vocab
CLEAR — See ↑ CLEAR/NOT CLEAR 1,6,7, ↑ EARN 2, ↑ EMPTY 6, ↑ INNOCENT 3, ↑ JUMP 2, ↑ OBVIOUS 1, …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLEAR — n. 25B6; adjective clear instructions : UNDERSTANDABLE, comprehensible, intelligible, plain, uncomplicated, explicit, lucid, coherent, simple, straightforward, unambiguous, clear-cut, crystal clear; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAPPEN — v. 1 occur, take place, come about, go on, come to pass, develop; betide, chance, prove, materialize, Colloq transpire, come …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CLEAR — adj. 1 unclouded, cloudless, sunny, fair, sunlit, fine On a clear day, you can see the lighthouse several miles away …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HAPPEN — verb 1 BAD : It happened very strange something. GOOD : Something very strange happened. BAD : I was afraid …
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