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in the way

using or filling space I pushed our dinner dishes into a corner where they wouldn't be in the way.

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in the way

1. See in one's way, def. 3.

2. in the way of. In the nature of, as in He was getting nothing in the way of pay, or They had nothing in the way of an alibi. [Mid-1600s]

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in the way

In a position to obstruct, hinder, or interfere.

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