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What is another word for make way for?

Pronunciation: [mˌe͡ɪk wˈe͡ɪ fɔː] (IPA)

There are several synonyms for the phrase "make way for." Some of the most common include "clear the path," "step aside," "move over," "give room to," and "yield to." All these synonyms imply the same meaning of making space for someone or something to pass through. "Clear the path" and "step aside" indicate a sense of urgency, while "give room to" and "yield to" are slightly more polite. Other possible synonyms for "make way for" could be "grant access to," "allow passage to," and "create a pathway for." Whatever the synonym used, the aim is always the same: to clear a route for someone or something to proceed.
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  • Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.
    Antonin Artaud
  • We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
    Christian Nestell Bovee
  • Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.
    Bob Goodlatte
  • I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.
    Alexander Henry
  • The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
    Fredric Jameson

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