See also: underway underway <span class="searchmatch">under</span> <span class="searchmatch">way</span> (idiomatic) In operation, in progress, commenced. 1956 May, C. H. Betts, “St. Pancras Tunnel Signalbox”, in Railway...
Cognate with Italian abbrivare (“to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> <span class="searchmatch">way</span>”). abrivêr (transitive) to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> <span class="searchmatch">way</span> Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian...
<span class="searchmatch">under</span> one's feet (not comparable) Being a nuisance because of being in the <span class="searchmatch">way</span>. The children were running around <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> everyone's feet. (being...
<span class="searchmatch">get</span> this meaning?”) <span class="searchmatch">way</span> to go An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval. The team finished ahead of schedule and <span class="searchmatch">under</span> budget. <span class="searchmatch">Way</span>...
Eaton-<span class="searchmatch">under</span>-Heywood everything <span class="searchmatch">under</span> the sun fall <span class="searchmatch">under</span> five-and-<span class="searchmatch">under</span> flyunder fly-<span class="searchmatch">under</span> fly <span class="searchmatch">under</span> the radar <span class="searchmatch">get</span> out from <span class="searchmatch">under</span> <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> it <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> one's...
enough <span class="searchmatch">getting</span>-to-know-you <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> used to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> to be <span class="searchmatch">get</span> together Gettr <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> it <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> someone's goat <span class="searchmatch">get</span> up <span class="searchmatch">get</span>-up-and-go, <span class="searchmatch">get</span> up...
<span class="searchmatch">way</span> of the zoo fuseway gangway gateway gather <span class="searchmatch">way</span> <span class="searchmatch">get</span> in the <span class="searchmatch">way</span> <span class="searchmatch">get</span> one's own <span class="searchmatch">way</span> <span class="searchmatch">get</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">way</span> give <span class="searchmatch">way</span> give <span class="searchmatch">way</span> sign go all the <span class="searchmatch">way</span> go a long <span class="searchmatch">way</span> go...
subordinating conjunction. There's no <span class="searchmatch">way</span> I'm going through the thorn bushes dressed like this! no <span class="searchmatch">way</span> (idiomatic) Absolutely not; <span class="searchmatch">under</span> no circumstances. [from 18th...
Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC: I would have spoken further, but before I could <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">under</span> <span class="searchmatch">way</span> the door opened, revealing Ma Cream, and [my manservant Jeeves] shimmered...
mess bills with checks which repeatedly bounce, why shouldn't you <span class="searchmatch">get</span> ten days <span class="searchmatch">under</span> hack, or a court martial? If you say you have insurance, and then...