The way to avoid the same error now is not through understanding less.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The way to avoid stuttering streams is to download content first.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That is the way to avoid drawing attention to oneself.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Perhaps stories were the way we avoided the subject of how unsuited we were to each other.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Write down any extra costs that crop up along the way to avoid a nasty shock at the end.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The way to avoid the in-flight tantrum is to avoid boredom.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's very much like the way we avoid talking about death and sin.
Christianity Today (2000)
Not for some indulgent aesthetics, but because that way they avoided getting in the way of photographers looking for the money shot.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In some ways I think avoiding the way back to smoking is more difficult than the stopping.
Laszlo, John (MD) Understanding Cancer (1987)
The way you avoid that is you lean into it, you don't lean away from it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To judge from the way they avoided me over the following few days I had instantly been transformed into public enemy number one.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
Some parents think they own the path and carry on walking until I am forced to move out the way to avoid being knocked over.
The Sun (2011)
As Hallowe'en approaches here are the top five e-mail horror stories we have seen and the ways to avoid them happening to you.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I don't think you can avoid that, the way both teams are set out.
The Sun (2007)
So long as you can meet her half-way, you will go some part of the way to avoiding major conflict in your own relationship.
Miller, Maureen Double Income No Kids Yet? (1989)
All related terms of 'the way'
by the way
You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying , especially something that you have just thought of.
in the way
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.
all the way
You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is.
lead the way
to go first
across the way
If something is across the way , it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.
smooth the way
to make it easier for something to happen or more likely for something to happen
as is the way
You can use as is the way to say that a particular situation or example of behaviour is typical and you would not expect it to be different.
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.
go all the way
to proceed or agree completely
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.
on the way out
If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out , they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon .
out-of-the-way
Out-of-the-way places are difficult to reach and are therefore not often visited .
the easy way out
If you say that someone takes the easy way out , you disapprove of them because they do what is easiest for them in a difficult situation , rather than dealing with it properly.
the way forward
If you say that a particular type of action or development is the way forward , you approve of it because it is likely to lead to success .
to lead the way
If you lead the way along a particular route , you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
Way of the Cross
→ Stations of the Cross
in the family way
pregnant
(in) the worst way
very much; greatly
look the other way
to deliberately ignore something unpleasant , immoral , or illegal that is happening when you should be trying to deal with it or stop it from happening
pave the way (for)
to prepare the way (for); facilitate the introduction (of)
rub the wrong way
to be annoying , irritating , etc. to
the Way of the Cross
a series of images in a church or along a road to a church etc depicting the last hours of Christ
be out of the way
When something is out of the way , it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it.
go out of the way
to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
smooth the path/way
If you smooth the path or smooth the way towards something, you make it easier or more likely to happen .
the Milky Way System
the spiral galaxy , approximately 100 000 light years in diameter , that contains the solar system about three fifths of the distance from its centre
the other way around the other way round
You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said .
along the way on the way
If something happens on the way or along the way , it happens during the course of a particular event or process.
on the way along the way
If something happens on the way or along the way , it happens during the course of a particular event or process.
go down the wrong way
(of food) to pass into the windpipe instead of the gullet
pave the way for sth
If one thing paves the way for another, it creates a situation in which it is possible or more likely that the other thing will happen .
rub up the wrong way
to arouse anger in; annoy
to look the other way
If you say that someone looks the other way , you are critical of them because they pay no attention to something unpleasant that is happening , when they should be dealing with it properly.
all the way down the line
at every stage of a situation or activity , or including all the people or things involved in a situation or activity
on the way/on it's way
If something is on the way , it will arrive soon .
rub sb up the wrong way
If you rub someone up the wrong way in British English , or rub someone the wrong way in American English, you offend or annoy them without intending to.
the way things are going
You can use the way things are going to indicate that you expect something to happen because of the way the present situation is developing .
laugh all the way to the bank
to make a lot of money very easily or very quickly
that's the way the cookie crumbles
said to mean that you should accept the way that things happen , even if it is bad
see which way the cat jumps
to delay making a decision or taking action on something until more is known about how the situation will develop
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.
clear the way/open the way/prepare the way
If you clear the way , open the way , or prepare the way for something, you create an opportunity for it to happen .
to laugh all the way to the bank
If you say that someone is laughing all the way to the bank , you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily .
see which way the wind is blowing
to understand or realize how a situation is developing and use this in deciding what to do
which way/how the wind is blowing
If you realize or find out which way the wind is blowing or how the wind is blowing , you realize or find out what is likely to happen , for example whether something is likely to succeed .
one way or another/one way or the other
You can use one way or another or one way or the other when you want to say that something definitely happens , but without giving any details about how it happens.
have one's head screwed on
to be wise or sensible
Milky Way
The Milky Way is the pale strip of light consisting of many stars that you can see stretched across the sky at night.