get in the way of something

get in the way of something
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.


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  • get in the way of — 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • get into the way of doing something — British to begin doing something regularly We ve got into the way of spending Christmas abroad …   English dictionary

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  • 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 …   New idioms dictionary

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  • get something out of the way — to finish doing something, especially something difficult or unpleasant I can t wait to get all this housework out of the way …   English dictionary

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