put in the way of

Idioms  

1. Also, put in one's way.

2. Obstruct or impede, as in The police put a traffic barrier in the way of northbound motorists , or I don't want to put anything in the way of your advancement . [c. 1500]

3. See in one's way , def. 2.

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put in the way of

But, she says: "Eventually I realized that there was only so much that I could put in the way of my happiness, and acting made me happier than anything else."

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2018

Earlier, she had spoken of the obstacle her touring schedule put in the way of lasting romance.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 29, 2016

Show business is this comedy’s setting, but its real subject is connection, and the hurdles that people put in the way of it.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2016

Thus, I happen to have firsthand knowledge of the countless obstacles put in the way of ABDs—by outside forces, and by themselves—because it is my job to.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2014

Simplicity and an ardent religious feeling permeate her poetry, which she produced in abundance in spite of many obstacles put in the way of her intellectual pursuits by a prejudiced, bigoted, aristocratic family.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld