in one's way

Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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]

3. 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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in one's way

Difficulties, however, are only obstacles set in one's way in order to be overcome, and mine have never caused me any serious trouble.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson

“Well, things that are in one’s way should get out of one’s way.”

From The Mynns' Mystery by George Manville Fenn

The main thing, after all, is not to get in one's way, not to cripple one's energy.

From Virginia by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

With views neither narrow nor illiberal, as views in society go, she judged everything now as people of public position must—discussion, of course, but no alteration in one's way of living.

From Beyond by John Galsworthy

In Paris, such a habit stood in one's way; in America, it roused all the instincts of native jealousy.

From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

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