point the way
idiom
: to show the way to go in order to get somewhere
She pointed the way to the exit.
—often used figurativelyWe led good lives, and we must thank our parents for pointing the way.
Their work pointed the way for future scientific research.
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This may point the way to coping with a new era of forest fires ushered in by climate change.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
Guides who grew up in the region point the way through remote alpine villages, old-growth forests, and six national parks.
—AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Yet on the piece of US soil perhaps most vulnerable to missile attacks – the Pacific island of Guam – work is well underway on the kind of multi-layered missile defense that could point the way.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Israeli achievements in technical intelligence, cyberattacks, pager detonations, precision killings, mass civilian carnage, and more, may point the way to methods that will be employed by all and sundry.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
Guides who grew up in the region point the way through remote alpine villages, old-growth forests, and six national parks.
—AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Yet on the piece of US soil perhaps most vulnerable to missile attacks – the Pacific island of Guam – work is well underway on the kind of multi-layered missile defense that could point the way.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Israeli achievements in technical intelligence, cyberattacks, pager detonations, precision killings, mass civilian carnage, and more, may point the way to methods that will be employed by all and sundry.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for point the way
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“Point the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20the%20way. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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