clear the way
idiom
1
: to make the area through which someone or something is trying to pass open and able to be used
She directed traffic to clear the way for the ambulance.
2
: to allow something to happen or develop
The truce would clear the way for further discussions between the two groups.
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The stock has dropped below $23 after nearing $80 last month as euphoria fades around the stock and the company made moves to clear the way for some investors to sell shares.
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Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The development proposal envisions the demolition of the two office buildings to clear the way for the housing project.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
The legislation would clear the way to build more of a border wall and set new restrictions for asylum seekers.
—USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
While some senior lawmakers have said the Sweden vote would clear the way for the F-16s, others have insisted that there are broader problems with Turkey, including human rights violations and ongoing Turkish attacks on Kurdish U.S. allies in Syria.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
That could soon be a reality, if state and local officials clear the way.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Principal and Chief Investment Officer Michael Trail gave $4,000.
MCB, headed by P. David Bramble, is still awaiting city zoning changes needed to clear the way for an ambitious renovation plan of Baltimore’s beleaguered Harborplace.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Lee Jae-yong, Samsung’s executive chairman, is entangled in a criminal case accusing him of breaking the law to clear the way for the merger of two group affiliates that helped strengthen his control of the company.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Newsom’s action will clear the way for as much as $875.4 million in state funding to flow from the Proposition 1 state water bond that voters approved in 2014.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The development proposal envisions the demolition of the two office buildings to clear the way for the housing project.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
The legislation would clear the way to build more of a border wall and set new restrictions for asylum seekers.
—USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
While some senior lawmakers have said the Sweden vote would clear the way for the F-16s, others have insisted that there are broader problems with Turkey, including human rights violations and ongoing Turkish attacks on Kurdish U.S. allies in Syria.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
That could soon be a reality, if state and local officials clear the way.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Principal and Chief Investment Officer Michael Trail gave $4,000.
MCB, headed by P. David Bramble, is still awaiting city zoning changes needed to clear the way for an ambitious renovation plan of Baltimore’s beleaguered Harborplace.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Lee Jae-yong, Samsung’s executive chairman, is entangled in a criminal case accusing him of breaking the law to clear the way for the merger of two group affiliates that helped strengthen his control of the company.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Newsom’s action will clear the way for as much as $875.4 million in state funding to flow from the Proposition 1 state water bond that voters approved in 2014.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
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