"in the way" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-in the way.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the way, {{en-PP}} in the way
  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), i vägen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_way-en-prep_phrase-35slqq9g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'obstructing': 97 3
  2. (dated) Around; present; able to be found. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-in_the_way-en-prep_phrase-y-XbrOzX

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