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make way

Allow room for passage, move aside, as in Please make way for the wheelchair . This expression was first recorded about 1200.
Progress, advance, as in Is this enterprise making way? [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see make headway .
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]

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But the giant birds will be unfastened from the ceiling on Friday to make way for a new mystery exhibit, airport authorities said.

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If they want him in their XI, Crawley and Pope would be the most likely candidates to make way.

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Both Roberts and Plum emphasized that the struggles of previous years are in the rearview mirror, making way for a fresh start this training camp with a shared desire to be better.

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La Brea Bakery shuttered the following year to make way for the beloved Los Angeles institution, but construction didn’t immediately start.

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The airport's closure was not due to bad weather or a technical glitch, as one might assume, but to make way for a Hindu temple procession that marches right across its runway.

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