- show someone the way
- show (someone) the way
to teach someone how to act in particular situations.
As an older, more experienced girl, Cheri wanted to show Lauren the way to success as a teenager.
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show someone the way
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show someone the door — To turn someone out of the house • • • Main Entry: ↑door * * * show someone the door informal phrase to tell someone to leave, especially in a rude or angry way When he asked for money, she showed him the door. Thesaurus: to force someone to… … Useful english dictionary
show the way — show (someone) the way to teach someone how to act in particular situations. As an older, more experienced girl, Cheri wanted to show Lauren the way to success as a teenager … New idioms dictionary
show someone the door — informal to tell someone to leave, especially in a rude or angry way When he asked for money, she showed him the door … English dictionary
lead the way — 1 he led the way to the kitchen: GUIDE, conduct, show the way. 2 Britain is leading the way in aerospace technology: TAKE THE INITIATIVE, break (new) ground, blaze a trail, prepare the way. → lead * * * lead the way To go first and g … Useful english dictionary
lead the way — 1) he led the way to the kitchen Syn: guide someone, conduct someone, show someone the way 2) our corporation is leading the way in new technologies Syn: take the initiative, break (new) ground, blaze a trail, prepare the way, be at the forefront … Thesaurus of popular words
lead the way — ► lead the way 1) go first along a route to show someone the way. 2) be a pioneer. Main Entry: ↑way … English terms dictionary
lead the way — go first along a route to show someone the way. ↘be a pioneer. → way … English new terms dictionary
The Way of the World (book) — Infobox book | name = The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism author = Ron Suskind country = United States language = English subject = Politics publisher = Harper release date = August 5, 2008 pages = 432 isbn =… … Wikipedia
show someone/something up — 1 the sun showed up the shabbiness of the room: EXPOSE, reveal, make visible, make obvious, highlight. 2 (informal) they showed him up in front of his friends.: See humiliate. → show * * * make someone or something conspicuous or clearly visible … Useful english dictionary
The Way We Weren't — Infobox Simpsons episode episode name = The Way We Weren t image caption = Homer Simpson and Marge Bouvier sharing their first kiss episode no = 333 prod code = FABF13 airdate = May 9, 2004 show runner = Al Jean writer = J. Stewart Burns director … Wikipedia
