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Out of the way   /aʊt əv ðə weɪ/   Listen
Out of the way

adverb
1.
Extraordinary; unusual.
2.
Improper; amiss.
3.
In a remote location or at a distance from the usual route.
4.
Murdered.
5.
Dealt with; disposed of.
6.
So as not to obstruct or hinder.






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"Out of the way" Quotes from Famous Books



... doin' beside rustling, but I'm hanged if I can find out what. The only thing I'm dead sure of is that it's crooked. Look at the way they're tryin' to get rid of us—Rick an' me an' you. Whatever they're up to they want the ranch to themselves before they go any further. Now Rick's out of the way, I s'pose I'll be next. They're tryin' their best to make me quit, but when they find out that won't work, I reckon they'll ...
— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames

... now for the first lesson. Look closely at all the bushes as we pass them and see if you notice anything out of the way." ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

... untaught, a man will be frowned at, laughed at, and be made in many ways, in contact with his fellow-men, to feel the overwhelming inferiority of his position. He will be made unhappy, unless he chooses to keep out of the way of those who know something and associate with those who know nothing—in which case he is very liable to ...
— Explanation of Catholic Morals - A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals • John H. Stapleton

... little brochure ... well illustrated in colour, and containing sound instructions as to the mixing and putting on of water-colours. It would really be of service to anyone not too youthful who was out of the way of obtaining personal instruction ...
— The Book of Art for Young People • Agnes Conway

... "On ne fait pas de ces folies la!" says he, offering me snuff, "and your grandfather was a man of esprit! My little grandmother was eprise of him: and my father, the most good-natured soul alive, lent them the Virginian property to get them out of the way! C'etoit un scandale, mon cher, un joli petit scandale!" Oh, if my mother had but heard him! I might have been disposed to take a high tone: but he said, with the utmost good-nature, "My dear Knight, are you going to fight about the character of our grandmother? Allons donc! Come, I will be fair ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray


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