{"id":72869,"date":"2019-11-15T06:17:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72869"},"modified":"2019-11-15T06:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:17:28","slug":"idiomatic-expressions-with-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idiomatic-expressions-with-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiomatic Expressions With Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idioms and expressions built around the word &#8216;way&#8217;. Each idiom is followed by its meaning and example sentences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All the way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When people say that they had to go all the way somewhere, they are trying to emphasize that it was a long way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I had to go all the way back to get my visa and passport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be\/get\/keep out of the way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay away from the area where somebody is so that you do not disturb them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dad used to insist that we should get out of his way while he was working.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be in a bad way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be in a bad way is to be very ill or upset.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has been in a bad way since the accident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be on the\/its way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something is on its way, it is about to arrive or happen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sandra already has three babies and now a fourth one is on its way.<\/li>\n<li>It looks like another recession is on the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be on your way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are on your way you have started your journey to a particular place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was on my way to work when I heard the news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>By a long way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by a large amount<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This has been our most successful campaign by a long way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>By the way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often used to introduce a remark not connected with the subject of conversation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By the way, I am free this evening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Come someone\u2019s way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something comes your way, it happens to you.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss chances that come your way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Either way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Used for saying that there are two possibilities, but in both cases the result will be the same.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane may not be able to come, but either way we are not going to cancel the trip. (= Whether Jane comes or not, we are not going to cancel the trip.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Get into the way of doing something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have got into the way of spending our summer vacation in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Give way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If something gives way, it breaks or falls down because there is too much pressure on it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rope gave way under pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Give way to<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We must not give way to his demands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go a way towards something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To go a way towards something is to make progress in achieving something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This act will go a long way towards eliminating corruption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go out of your way to do something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To go out of your way to do something is to make an extra effort to do something even though it is not very easy to do.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She went out of her way to make me feel comfortable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a way with<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you have a way with something, you are capable of dealing with it very well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has a way with words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On the way \/ along the way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While going somewhere<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The car broke down on the way to work.<\/li>\n<li>We stopped at the supermarket along the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One way or another<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you say that something will happen one way or another, you are confident that it will happen even though you don\u2019t know how.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One way or another, I\u2019m going to go to the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idioms and expressions built around the word &#8216;way&#8217;. Each idiom is followed by its meaning and example sentences. All the way When people say that they had to go&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[186,1876,1875],"class_list":["post-72869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-idioms-2","tag-idioms-with-way","tag-way-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72870,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72869\/revisions\/72870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}