"in the way" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-in the way.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) obstructing, blocking, or hindering Tags: idiomatic Related terms: in a way, in one's way, in the way of, on the way Translations (obstructing): ἐμποδών (empodṓn) (Ancient Greek), ᎠᎬᏱᏗᏣ (agvyiditsa) (Cherokee), 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 妨礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 妨碍 (fáng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻碍 (zǔ'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 造成不便 (zàochéng bùbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), tiellä (Finnish), edessä (Finnish), sur le passage (French), gêner [verb] (French), dans les pattes (French), im Weg (German), útban (Hungarian), standa fyrir (Icelandic), vera fyrir (Icelandic), tra i piedi (Italian), 邪魔になる (jama ni naru) (alt: じゃまになる) (Japanese), obvius (Latin), emwäaj (Plautdietsch), na przeszkodzie (Polish), no caminho (Portuguese), în cale (Romanian), меша́ть (mešátʹ) (note: verb - "to interfere") [imperfective] (Russian), на пути́ (na putí) (Russian), под нога́ми (pod nogámi) (english: underfoot) (Russian), препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) (Russian), en todo el medio (Spanish), en medio del camino (Spanish), i vägen (Swedish)
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  2. (dated) Around; present; able to be found. Tags: dated
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      "sense": "obstructing",
      "word": "на пути́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "underfoot",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pod nogámi",
      "sense": "obstructing",
      "word": "под нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "obstructing",
      "word": "препя́тствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obstructing",
      "word": "en todo el medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obstructing",
      "word": "en medio del camino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obstructing",
      "word": "i vägen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in the way"
}

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