make way

1. Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair . This expression was first recorded about 1200.

2. Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see make headway .

3. Also, make way for . Leave room for a successor or substitute, as in It's time he retired and made way for some younger professor . [Mid-1700s]

Example Sentences

The South Bay is in for a large-scale transformation near the Port of Los Angeles as Phillips 66 shuts down its sprawling refineries and makes way for developers to reimagine the prime real estate.

From Los Angeles Times

A carpet of palm trees has made way for the runway, which stretches along the spine of the north island between the two main villages - La Fourche in the north and Vingt-Cinq further south.

From BBC

Their convoys are given priority over regular traffic, with security officers sometimes reacting aggressively towards anyone who fails to make way for them.

From BBC

Farmers burn the remaining stubble of their harvested crops during the months of November and December in order to clear the fields to make way for more planting.

From BBC

Now, the West Hollywood facility has ceased operating in order to make way for a new apartment tower.

From Los Angeles Times

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