make way
Idioms-
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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Also, make way for . Leave room for a successor or substitute, as in It's time he retired and made way for some younger professor . [Mid-1700s]
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Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see make headway .
Example Sentences
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He made way for Nancy in early December but the Frenchman departed on Monday after a sorry run of just two wins from eight matches.
From BBC
A first half at Celtic Park that offered such promise made way for another second half of dismal collapse.
From BBC
Postecoglou was sacked to make way for Frank despite ending the club's 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League last season.
From Barron's
“Most of the land currently occupied by UW was densely forested before the land was cleared to make way for the campus,” he argued, according to the decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The duo promptly razed the existing home, which was built in 1925, to the ground to make way for a brand new estate that occupies a hefty portion of their 6.7-acre parcel.
From MarketWatch
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