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show the way

Idioms  
  1. Guide, as in This division has shown the way to bigger profits. This expression transfers the physical sense of guiding one in a particular direction. [Early 1500s] Also see lead the way.


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She goes to great pains to show the way the women in her plays internally manage the fluctuating feasibility of their dreams.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

“But it’s the women’s titles which are most interesting because they show the way things change and the way television advertising evolves along with it.”

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

I am here tonight to show the way forward.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024

But they are not programming the show the way that Fox is programming the show: to keep viewers hooked, to keep viewers addicted.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2023

If they were still alive, they would have returned to show the way to some of the rest of the slaves.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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