clear the way
idiom
1
: to make the area through which someone or something is trying to pass open and able to be used
She directed traffic to clear the way for the ambulance.
2
: to allow something to happen or develop
The truce would clear the way for further discussions between the two groups.
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This vital test mission was meant to clear the way for the vehicle to make regular crewed flights to the ISS.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
The order marked one of the first rulings to clear the way for trial over terminations caused by blanket vaccine mandates widely imposed by studios amid the pandemic.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
While hundreds of residents were moved out to clear the way for the Foxconn campus, the number of homes and farms has been variously put at between 100 and 132 by different media reports.
—D.l. Davis, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
To clear the way for tax-free withdrawals in retirement, retirement savers may opt to gradually convert pre-tax IRA funds to post-tax Roth accounts.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 July 2024
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
The order marked one of the first rulings to clear the way for trial over terminations caused by blanket vaccine mandates widely imposed by studios amid the pandemic.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
While hundreds of residents were moved out to clear the way for the Foxconn campus, the number of homes and farms has been variously put at between 100 and 132 by different media reports.
—D.l. Davis, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
To clear the way for tax-free withdrawals in retirement, retirement savers may opt to gradually convert pre-tax IRA funds to post-tax Roth accounts.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 July 2024
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