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out of the way

[out-uhv-thuh-wey] / ˈaʊt əv ðəˌweɪ /


out-of-the-way


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“Thankfully he kind of got out of the way enough that we barely touched each other,” Wrobleski said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Here, Conlon offers a lesson in the kind of leadership generally lacking in modern society, by simultaneously staying out of the way yet being at the essential center of things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The Knicks set screens to force Harden to switch onto Brunson—and then got out of the way to let their leader go to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

A long-serving magistrate who rammed a woman out of the way while attempting to park in a hospital disabled bay has been given a suspended prison sentence.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

She yanked him out of the way of the water.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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