weave in and out

Idioms

Move by twisting and turning or winding in and out, as in The motorcycle wove in and out of traffic, leaving us far behind. This expression is a redundancy, since weave literally means “intertwine strands of thread.”

Example Sentences

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But the director, Michael Arden, who won his second directing Tony for “Maybe Happy Ending,” cannot keep the musical from stalling as various ancillary characters weave in and out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Cars weave in and out of traffic, leaving little margin for error.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

“I literally had to weave in and out of them ... like pylons.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

Kittens weave in and out of the rows of people, sometimes even falling asleep on participants, prompting laughter from the group.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

We weave in and out of tables and as we draw to the front, a silence sprinkles over the room, until the voices are nothing more than a low buzz of questions.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

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