get in the way

get in the way (of something)

to prevent something from happening Anger often gets in the way of understanding a situation. We had almost reached an agreement, but some unimportant details got in the way.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
TÖMÖRbaatar	-	Mongolian
Milica	MEE-lee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Anastazie	-	Czech
Abelone	-	Danish
Adriano	ahd-RYAH-no (Italian)	Italian, Portuguese
MÁTyÁS	MAH-tyahsh	Hungarian