light the way

phrase

: to use a light to show a way that has to be followed

Our guide used a candle to light the way.

Examples of light the way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Where most device makers at the time were worried about camera megapixels and color screens, Nokia had leapfrogged its competition with a back-to-basics phone that could survive the rain, endure unreliable power grids, and light the way home. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026

Below in the courtyard where the big choppers had been loading, the headlights from the cars and trucks surrounding the parking lot were still on to light the way for the choppers. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Along the creek banks, cottonwood, sycamore, willow, and walnut trees light the way in gold and orange from mid-November into early December. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025

The terrorists have only headlamps to light the way. — Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for light the way

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