show the way

English

Verb

show the way (third-person singular simple present shows the way, present participle showing the way, simple past showed the way, past participle shown the way)

1. To indicate the correct method or approach for doing something.

Further reading

• “show the way”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “show the way”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “show (sb) the way”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.