out of the way

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   no longer stopping sb from moving or doing sth

2. Oxford5% of films

   finished; dealt with

In the movies · 125

• - Get out of the way! - It's coming! It's coming!Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• Uh... let's get this out of the way.Shadowlands1993
• And now, lads, with that out of the way…The Last Unicorn1982
• Hey! Hey! Out of the way! Out of the way!Project Power2020
• Out of the way!Ambulance2022
• Out of the wayAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023
• Out of the way!Escape Room: Tournament of Champions2021
• Out of the way!Monsters, Inc.2001

From the same entry

• across the way
• all the way
• always the way
• any way you slice it
• be born made that way
• be set in your ways
• by the way
• by way of
• by way of the way of
• come your way
• cut both ways
• either way

More idioms

• be rid of
• get on nerves
• take for granted
• it's just a matter of time
• the best of luck
• speak of the devil
• in eyes
• right now
• at least
• as far as i am concerned
• be good to go
• even so