on the way

Idioms  

1. Also, on one's way . In the process of coming, going, or traveling; also, about to come. For example, The mail plane is on the way , or She is on her way out the door , or Winter is on the way .

2. On the route of a journey, as in I met him on the way to town , or We ran into them on the way . [c. a.d. 1000]

3. on the way to ; well on the way to . On the point of experiencing or achieving, as in James is on the way to becoming a full professor , or Nancy is well on her way to a nervous breakdown . [Late 1800s] Also see on the way out .

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Example Sentences

“I was telling my girlfriend on the way here, it’s like swimming in a cesspool of trauma,” he told USA Today, mentioning a partner who has not been identified.

From Los Angeles Times

“Do you . . . do you think you can get the coach to allow you to be dropped off at the hospital on the way?”

From Literature

When their bus breaks down on the way to a showcase, a troupe of ballerinas led by “Dance Moms” alum and one-time Sia protégée Maddie Ziegler becomes stranded in a remote hotel-bar-dungeon-arms factory outside Budapest.

From Salon

Asian oil demand will soon be down to a possible 300,000 barrels a day, on the way to a three-million-barrel drop.

From Barron's

"Obviously when you are in public office it is a higher standard and we are all learning on the way."

From BBC