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

idiom

: to not block someone's path

He asked the children to keep out of his way while he made dinner.

Examples of get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way in a Sentence

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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

From the streets of downtown to the roofs of apartment buildings, and in neighborhood yards across North Texas, everyone seemed to be outside, staring with their glasses toward the sky and praying for that cloud to get out of the way. —Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2024

When an officer got out of his vehicle to begin a felony stop on the suspects, the driver accelerated back into the roadway and hit the officer, who had backed up in an effort to get out of the way. —Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024

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

The officers tell each other to get out of the way. —The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024

The melee, which spread all across the court and sent some fans scrambling to get out of the way, appeared to injure a young girl in the crowd, as well as a student manager who left the court with blood on their face, according to the broadcasters calling the game. —Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024

Unknown is if politicians and regulators will get out of the way so that this can happen. —John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024