show the way

Idioms and Phrases

Guide, as in This division has shown the way to bigger profits . This expression transfers the physical sense of guiding one in a particular direction. [Early 1500s] Also see lead the way .

Example Sentences

“But it’s the women’s titles which are most interesting because they show the way things change and the way television advertising evolves along with it.”

From BBC

“After Midnight,” which launched in January, gave Tomlinson a chance to be part of another team, and she relishes the fact that it isn’t “her” show the way a traditional late-night program would be.

From Los Angeles Times

I am here tonight to show the way forward.

From Slate

Fortunately, new technologies are beginning to show the way forward, even promising that cement production could one day pull carbon from the atmosphere and become part of the solution to global warming.

From Los Angeles Times

He told The Times in a conversation in 2015 that in the decades since the country was founded, writers had gradually abandoned the role of prophets that “show the way.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accompany
• advise
• educate
• escort
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• handle
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• manage
• maneuver
• navigate
• oversee
• regulate
• see
• shepherd
• steer
• supervise
• sway
• teach
• train