get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way
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: to not block someone's path
He asked the children to keep out of his way while he made dinner.
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Last month, Google, Microsoft, Meta and other tech giants submitted suggestions, asking for the administration to stay out of the way.
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Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Then, as [Reddick] gets in the wall — Larson had been trying to stay out of the way, because Larson wrecked earlier in the race.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
How and why the helicopter appears to have failed to get out of the way of the plane is the core of the issue — and still has no definitive answer.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
And for the most part, the best thing that an executive like myself can do when working with someone like John, and on a show like this, is to get out of the way.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
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Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Then, as [Reddick] gets in the wall — Larson had been trying to stay out of the way, because Larson wrecked earlier in the race.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
How and why the helicopter appears to have failed to get out of the way of the plane is the core of the issue — and still has no definitive answer.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
And for the most part, the best thing that an executive like myself can do when working with someone like John, and on a show like this, is to get out of the way.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%2Fstay%2Fkeep%20out%20of%20someone%27s%2Fthe%20way. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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