over the way
idiom
British
: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live over the way from us.
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The complaints include not just the 60 Minutes complaint, but another filed against ABC over the way that moderators conducted the 2024 presidential debate.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
In addition to anger over the way Israel has conducted its war in Gaza, Mills says many conservatives want America to avoid becoming entangled in new wars, particularly in the Middle East.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
For her part, Kim Kardashian recently addressed criticisms over the way she's let her own daughter, 12-year-old North West, express herself through fashion and hairstyles.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
Tensions in Venezuela had remained high after the election, and, in the political fallout over the way that Maduro’s government had proceeded—without sharing the electoral rolls as proof of its win—most of Latin America’s governments had condemned it.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
In addition to anger over the way Israel has conducted its war in Gaza, Mills says many conservatives want America to avoid becoming entangled in new wars, particularly in the Middle East.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
For her part, Kim Kardashian recently addressed criticisms over the way she's let her own daughter, 12-year-old North West, express herself through fashion and hairstyles.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
Tensions in Venezuela had remained high after the election, and, in the political fallout over the way that Maduro’s government had proceeded—without sharing the electoral rolls as proof of its win—most of Latin America’s governments had condemned it.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Over the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20way. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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