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

At camp Dorothy insisted that two long plaits were always in one’s way.

From The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest by Margaret Vandercook

Now, mother, when one knows for oneself that something is right, then it is best to go forward in a straight line and push aside, right and left, whatever stands in one's way.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

"You really think it stands in one's way," she said reflectively, "you really think it a disadvantage, to be a woman?"

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet

I dislike most people; in London they get in one's way in the street and fill up railway carriages, and in the country they stare at you—but I hate my friends.

From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

But they might be in one's way in the water.

From The Pond by Carl Ewald