If you say that someone gets in the way or is in the way, you are annoyed because their presence or their actions stop you doing something properly.
'We wouldn't get in the way,' Suzanne promised. 'We'd just stand quietly in a corner.'
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in the way in American English
in such a position or of such a nature as to obstruct, hinder, impede, or prevent
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Examples of 'in the way' in a sentence
in the way
He said: 'We were unlucky in the way we conceded the goal.
The Sun (2013)
All related terms of 'in the way'
get in the way
To get in the way of something means to make it difficult for it to happen , continue , or be appreciated properly.
in the same way
You use in the same way to introduce a situation that you are comparing with one that you have just mentioned , because there is a strong similarity between them.
in the way of
You use in the way of or by way of in order to specify the kind of thing you are talking about.
in the family way
pregnant
(in) the worst way
very much; greatly
stand in the way of sth/sb
If you stand in the way of something or stand in a person's way , you prevent that thing from happening or prevent that person from doing something.