make way

Idioms  

1. Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair . This expression was first recorded about 1200.

2. Also, make way for . Leave room for a successor or substitute, as in It's time he retired and made way for some younger professor . [Mid-1700s]

3. Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see make headway .

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Example Sentences

A little banter ensues, making way for the real surprise guests: fellow Olympic hockey champions Megan Keller and team captain Hilary Knight.

From Salon

This is simply a senator who, after 14 years in Congress, thinks the time has come to make way for fresh blood.

From The Wall Street Journal

The East Wing of the White House was demolished in October to make way for construction of the ballroom, which would be larger than the existing White House and seat 1,000.

From BBC

One diplomat told me that despite rising temperatures as winter makes way for spring, the mood in the capital was grim.

From BBC

To make way for a U.S. base, Britain detached the islands from the administrative control of Mauritius, which sits 1,300 miles away from the Chagos, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained its independence.

From The Wall Street Journal

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