How to Use get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way in a Sentence

get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way

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  • Along the way, some of those cells have to get out of the way of the rest.
    Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Do the first eight to 10 minutes and get out of the way.
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • God gave you the brains to decide to get out of the way.
    Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
  • The driver put his foot on the gas and forced them to get out of the way or get run over.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • For this, the government needs to get out of the way as the House passed in HR 1 last year.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The show needs to get out of the way and let those other stories be told.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The United States should just get out of the way and stop all aid to all parties.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Dial them all in and stay out of the way if things are working.
    Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There is a hole in the bottom for the hose to discreetly connect to the faucet and stay out of the way.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Listen to this article Get the ball to Jalen Brunson and get out of the way.
    C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
  • One person stepped between them and Bailey told them to get out of the way.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The instinct, for nearly everyone, is to get out of the way.
    Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • Government’s main role was to simply stay out of the way.
    Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The officer saw the Tesla approaching and was able to get out of the way.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • And every actor knows your job as a guest star is to hit your mark, say your line, and stay out of the way.
    TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Get Belinda Carlisle and Diane Warren on the phone and just stay out of the way.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • The notes from the studio were basically to stay out of the way of the dialogue.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The runners at the front were able to get out of the way before the SUV struck others and crashed into a lamppost.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The shot flew directly at Swiatek, who could not get out of the way in time and dropped to the court after being struck.
    Des Bieler, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • On the next pitch, Mikolas threw a four-seam fastball up and in on Happ that forced the Cubs outfielder to get out of the way.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • There's all these things that humans would do to get out of the way and to keep traffic moving that these cars won't do.
    WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of our job here was to get out of the way of these performances and especially the screenplay, because the script is so well done.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2023
  • Video surveillance of the shooting shows Colston then produce a gun, instruct his friends to get out of the way and fire into the car.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • As a result, a researcher’s incoming net lights up like a Christmas tree, and most fish simply get out of the way.
    WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
  • It’s meant to provide a basic function and then get out of the way, and that’s not the worst thing for a toothbrush app, even if brushing insights would have been nice.
    PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Unknown is if politicians and regulators will get out of the way so that this can happen.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Binance’s best bet for survival is to sever all ties with Zhao, but its owner seems unlikely to get out of the way.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The play happened so fast, Martin said, and Gregory was trying to pick up the tripod to get out of the way when the players ran into her.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Give pedestrians and cyclists seconds more to get out of the way of a vehicle that outweighs them by thousands of pounds.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • All of this legal red tape is put in place to make sure that drone pilots stay out of the way of other aircraft—where drones can do a surprising amount of damage.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023

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