put\ in\ one's\ way

put\ in\ one's\ way
• put in the way of
• put in one's way
v. phr.
To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward.

After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job.

The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the subject of my report.


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  • way — See: ALL THE WAY or THE WHOLE WAY, BY THE WAY, BY WAY OF, COME A LONG WAY, CUT BOTH WAYS or CUT TWO WAYS, EVERY WHICH WAY, FROM WAY BACK, GO OUT OF ONE S WAY, HARD WAY, HAVE A WAY WITH, IN A BAD WAY, IN A BIG WAY, IN A FAMILY WAY, IN A WAY, IN… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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