get out of the way
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Managed to get stuck in with a few battles and clearly wasn't going to just get out of the way of his team-mate, which delivered us some more fun wheel-to-wheel action.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
“Unconscious bias,” he believes, will never get out of the way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Further down the Kia assembly line a machine that installs the cars' air conditioning systems plays a bit of Mozart as it moves forward to warn people to get out of the way.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
ICE’s policy lacks clear instruction, however, for its officers to get out of the way of moving vehicles where feasible.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
I didn't even try to get out of the way or duck or anything.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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