get out of the way

get something out of the way

to finish something first so that you can do something else I got my required courses out of the way, and now I can study the things I'm really excited about.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ColmÁN	-	Irish
NÉLida	-	Literature, Spanish
Dorcas	DAWR-kəs (English)	Biblical
Chika (2)	chee-kah	Japanese
Herbie	HUR-bee	English
Johanne	zho-AN (French), yo-HAHN-ne (Danish)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French