get in the way

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get in the way

verb gets in the way · getting in the way · got in the way · gotten in the way · get in one's way

  1. idiomatic, intransitive To obstruct, hinder, or interfere. If we don't let nothing get in our way / We can make it to a brighter day / But I don't wanna miss the sign / So I need your light with mine

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verb to obstruct, hinder, or interfere

Españolinterponerse, estorbar [al] hacer algo, no dejar, no permitir
日本語妨げる samatageru, 邪魔になる jama-ni naru
中文妨礙 /妨碍 fáng'ài, 阻礙 /阻碍 zǔ'ài
Portuguêsatrapalhar
Deutschstören, dazwischenkommen, hindern, behindern
Русскиймеша́ть mešátʹ, помеша́ть pomešátʹ, препя́тствовать prepjátstvovatʹ, воспрепя́тствовать vosprepjátstvovatʹ

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@misc{get_in_the_way_2026,
  title = {get in the way},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20in%20the%20way},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}