in the way

in the way

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in the way

1. (idiomatic) obstructing, blocking, or hindering

   I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way.

2. (dated) Around; present; able to be found.
   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes:

     First thing on the Monday morning, I went to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr. Trinkle's, the great upholsterer's in Cheapside. "Mr. Phibbs in the way?"

Translations

obstructing

Cherokee: ᎠᎬᏱᏗᏣ (agvyiditsa) Chinese: Cantonese: 阻住 (zo2 zyu6) Mandarin: 妨礙／妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙／阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 造成不便 (zàochéng bùbiàn) Finnish: tiellä (fi), edessä (fi) French: sur le passage, gêner (fr) (verb) German: im Weg Greek: Ancient: ἐμποδών (empodṓn) Hungarian: útban Icelandic: standa fyrir, vera fyrir Italian: tra i piedi Japanese: 邪魔になる (ja) (じゃまになる, jama ni naru) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: obvius Plautdietsch: emwäaj Polish: na przeszkodzie Portuguese: no caminho Romanian: în cale Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ) (verb - "to interfere"), на пути́ (na putí), под нога́ми (pod nogámi) (underfoot), препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ) Swedish: i vägen (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Westrobothnian: i vägjom

See also

• in a way
• in one's way
• in the way of
• on the way