point the way

idiom

: to show the way to go in order to get somewhere

She pointed the way to the exit.

—often used figuratively

We led good lives, and we must thank our parents for pointing the way.

Their work pointed the way for future scientific research.

Examples of point the way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Signs point the way to measles testing in Seminole, Texas, on Thursday. —Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025

How else to explain the weird twins that point the way? —Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025

The company has a new multi-agent AI system based on Gemini 2.0 aimed at biomedical researchers that can supposedly point the way toward new hypotheses and areas of biomedical research. —Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025

And on March 1, another celestial object will help point the way to this rocky little planet: the moon. —Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025

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