show the way

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.

Example Sentences

“The goal is to show the way to make money doing affordable housing because we believe that ... the only way you are going to solve the affordable housing crisis is by letting capitalism work,” Miller said.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps seeing the Doctor wearing traditional Nigerian clothing, squeezing his way through a quintessential Lagos market and getting caught up in local folklore will help them fall in love with the show the way their father once did.

From BBC

Added Sherman: “I still believe we have one of the best quarterbacks in the country and she’ll adapt to the rule changes, just like the rest of the team will. It takes away from some of the excitement of these girls that have been working hard to show the way that they can push the ball vertical, just like any boys’ team could.”

From Los Angeles Times

You can’t experience true joy and happiness without the contrast of that pain, and maybe people respond to the show the way that they do, with such passion, because in a way it’s like looking in a mirror of society and reminding ourselves of our humanity and really embracing all the different parts of our self.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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