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make way
Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair . This expression was first recorded about 1200.
Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see make headway .
Also, make way for . Leave room for a successor or substitute, as in It's time he retired and made way for some younger professor . [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
When friends questioned the wisdom of planting a garden that may be destroyed to make way for real estate development, Horvitz brushed concerns aside.
Measles destroys lymphocytes that defend against other bugs to make way for ones that defend against measles, an immunity won at the cost of other protections.
Lewis predicted the storm clouds will dissipate Saturday to make way for a “good, dry warming trend,†with temperatures climbing to the mid 70s and low 80s in the valleys.
The 26-storey blocks at Wyndford Road, in the north of the city, will be brought down using explosives to make way for nearly 400 new homes.
And while it should not be defined by the most recent thrashing, it has been a turning point with head coach Jon Lewis also making way on Friday.
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