in something's way

English

Prepositional phrase

in (something's) way

obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of something.
I couldn't get to the door because there were too many people in my way.

The tent was unfortunately in the moose's way.

The mountains were in the railroad's way.
- 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:
  Wrex: Shepard! Get that second hammer going!
  Shepard: There's a Reaper in my way, Wrex!
  Wrex: I know! You get all the fun!

Synonyms

in the way of

Translations

impeding the movement or line of sight

French: dans le chemin de quelqu’un
Hungarian: útban
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i veien for noen

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