"in someone's way" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in someone's way}} in someone's way, {{en-PP|head=in someone's way}} in someone's way
  1. Obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of someone. Synonyms (obstructing or blocking): in something's way (english: thing), in the way of
    Sense id: en-in_someone's_way-en-prep_phrase-yDyjzvWq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'obstructing or blocking': 85 15
  2. Of interest or relevance to someone.
    Sense id: en-in_someone's_way-en-prep_phrase-aoAu8nF2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Download JSON data for in someone's way meaning in English (1.8kB)

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