in one's way

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Also, in one's own way. According to one's personal manner. For example, She's brusque but kind in her own way, or Both of them are generous in their way. This phrase is often used to limit an expression of praise, as in the examples. [c. 1700]

Also, put in one's way; put in the way of. Before one, within reach or experience, as in That venture put an unexpected sum of money in my way, or He promised to put her in the way of new business. [Late 1500s]

in someone's way Also, in the way. In a position to obstruct, hinder, or interfere with someone or something. For example, That truck is in our way, or You're standing in the way; please move to one side. [c. 1500]

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Words nearby in one's way

in one's prime, in one's right mind, in one's shell, in one's tracks, in one stroke, in one's way, Inönü, inoperable, inoperative, inoperculate, inopportune

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Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
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The fear of violence should not determine what one does or does not say.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
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He alludes to it as one of their evil customs and used by them to produce insensibility.
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"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
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In this way bundles of the plants are easily made, and in most cases these can be readily carried about.
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