make way
Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair. This expression was first recorded about 1200.
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How to use make way in a sentence
make way not for ducklings but for relentless darkness: so the operative mantra goes.
A popular beach bar was bulldozed to make way for a dolphin swim attraction.
They claimed they had to kill the four lions this week to make way for…one lion.
The international consultant should make way for the imperial locavore.
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
As soon as they disappear they make way for the "horn worm" who now takes his turn at a "chaw."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The street now presents a rather ragged appearance on account of the buildings that were torn down to make way for it.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyShe gently drew herself on one side to make way for Mrs Bellingham to pass.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellThe police are there, pushing and shoving people aside to make way, but they are out-numbered.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie Chaplin
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