make way

1. Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair . This expression was first recorded about 1200.

2. Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see make headway .

3. 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]

Example Sentences

The library’s rooms were built on top of foundations, which can still be seen, of buildings that were demolished in Libberton's Wynd to make way for George IV Bridge.

From BBC

Ironically, the building he had identified as a possible site was demolished by the authorities to make way for a road.

From BBC

For the third week in a row, a Wales player limped off inside 10 minutes as Costelow made way, prompting a midfield shift that was horribly exposed for South Africa’s third try by Arendse.

From BBC

The South Bay is in for a large-scale transformation near the Port of Los Angeles as Phillips 66 shuts down its sprawling refineries and makes way for developers to reimagine the prime real estate.

From Los Angeles Times

A carpet of palm trees has made way for the runway, which stretches along the spine of the north island between the two main villages - La Fourche in the north and Vingt-Cinq further south.

From BBC

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