get in the way

English

Alternative forms

• get in one's way

Verb

get in the way (third-person singular simple present gets in the way, present participle getting in the way, simple past got in the way, past participle (UK) got in the way or (US) gotten in the way)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
   • 1973, Ashford & Simpson, “I Need Your Light”, in Gimme Someting Real:

     If we don't let nothing get in our way / We can make it to a brighter day / But I don't wanna miss the sign / So I need your light with mine

   • 2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:

     Ideology constantly gets in the way. For the Government, unions are militant "Trots" out to cause political trouble. For the unions, the private sector is a grasping, evil leech. Neither is true.

Related terms

• in the way

Translations

to obstruct, hinder, or interfere — see also obstruct,‎ interfere

• Armenian: խանգարել (hy) (xangarel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妨礙 / 妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙 / 阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài)

• German: stören (de), dazwischenkommen (de), hindern (de), behindern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἐπιπροσθέω (epiprosthéō)

• Japanese: 妨げる (ja) (さまたげる, samatageru), 邪魔になる (jama-ni naru)
• Latin: impedio
• Polish: stać na drodze impf, stawać na drodze impf, stanąć na drodze pf, stać na przeszkodzie impf, stanąć na przeszkodzie pf, stać na zawadzie impf, stanąć na zawadzie pf, wchodzić w paradę (pl) impf, wejść w paradę pf
• Portuguese: atrapalhar (pt)
• Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ), помеша́ть (ru) pf (pomešátʹ), препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ), воспрепя́тствовать (ru) pf (vosprepjátstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: interponerse (es), estorbar [al] (hacer algo), no dejar, no permitir