get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way
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: to not block someone's path
He asked the children to keep out of his way while he made dinner.
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So, just recently, in – in the Midwest, that work by NOAA and the weather forecasting system and the labs helped give information about how to get out of the way of a tornado two hours in advance, not 15 minutes or 13 minutes, but two hours.
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CBS News, 13 July 2025
Set the vision, create the conditions and then get out of the way.
—Aniela Unguresan, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Brandon Lowe, 11 The second baseman’s streak was kept alive at eight games against the Orioles last Thursday evening when his grounder hit teammate Danny Jansen between first and second as the latter attempted to get out of the way.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Brown’s 95 mph sinker ran in, and Neto, who crowds the plate, couldn’t get out of the way.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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CBS News, 13 July 2025
Set the vision, create the conditions and then get out of the way.
—Aniela Unguresan, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Brandon Lowe, 11 The second baseman’s streak was kept alive at eight games against the Orioles last Thursday evening when his grounder hit teammate Danny Jansen between first and second as the latter attempted to get out of the way.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Brown’s 95 mph sinker ran in, and Neto, who crowds the plate, couldn’t get out of the way.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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