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make way

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. make wayverb

    get out of the way

    "make way for the President's motorcade"

Wiktionary

  1. make wayverb

    To make progress.

  2. make wayverb

    To progress through the water .

  3. make wayverb

    To give place or step aside.

  4. make wayinterjection

    an instruction to get out of the way of someone else, usually because they are carrying something and need a clear pathway. Compare with gangway.

  5. Etymology: Originally nautical

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  1. make way

    "Make way" generally means to move aside or clear a path for someone or something to pass through. It can also mean to leave or abandon a place or position to allow someone else to occupy it. It is often used to indicate that progress or advancement should be allowed.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of make way in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of make way in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of make way in a Sentence

  1. John Vollmer:

    Mission success in human spaceflight depends on thousands of factors coming together at the right time, we’ll continue to work the issue from the Starliner factory and have decided to stand down for this launch window to make way for other national priority missions.

  2. Wilhelm Gunkel:

    But I also hope she doesn't make the mistake of failing to make way for a successor in time, helmut Kohl (CDU chancellor 1982-1998) did that and we lost the next election.

  3. Sean Bratches:

    Earlier today the City of Miami Commission took an important step by adding an item to their upcoming agenda, that if approved, will make way to bring Formula One to downtown Miami next season, we appreciate the community's interest in hosting a Formula One race and look forward to working with local officials and stakeholders to bring this vision to life.

  4. Priests Revealed in Tudor Mansion:

    We are focusing attention on a series of stone structures that underlie the standing brick buildings, we will be trying to date their construction and when they were demolished to make way for the current structures.

  5. Naomi Kahn:

    The Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Authority supporters have proven willing, even eager, to destroy the physical remains of thousands of years of Judeo-Christian culture in an attempt to make way for a fictitious quasi-historical narrative that supports their political agenda.


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