Make-way Definition

verb
To make progress.
He was starting to make his way in the world.
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(nautical, of a vessel) To progress through the water .

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(idiomatic, intransitive) To give place or step aside.
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Synonyms:
interjection

(nautical) An instruction to get out of the way of someone else, usually because they are carrying something and need a clear pathway. Compare with gangway.

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Origin of Make-way

  • Originally nautical

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Make-way Sentence Examples

  • Like Kris had flung him aside to make way for a mortal.

  • The superstructure of a similar gate (Porta Marzia), which was removed in 1540 to make way for the citadel, but is depicted in a fresco by Benedetto Bonfigli (between 1461 and 1 477), was re-erected in the substruction walls of the citadel itself.

  • In the r3th century a portion of Hakim's addition was pulled down to make way for the first cathedral, which was dedicated to the Virgin.

  • A magnificent Gothic parish church was destroyed by fire and gunpowder in 1790 to make way for a building of little merit in Italian style.

  • The great undertaking was supported by liberal subscriptions, and Walton's political opinions did not deprive him of the help of the Commonwealth; the paper used was freed from duty, and the interest of Cromwell in the work was acknowledged in the original preface, part of which was afterwards cancelled to make way for more loyal expressions towards that restored monarchy under which Oriental studies in England immediately began to languish.

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