ON THE WAY Definition & Meaning

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on the way

Also, on one's way . In the process of coming, going, or traveling; also, about to come. For example, The mail plane is on the way , or She is on her way out the door , or Winter is on the way .
On the route of a journey, as in I met him on the way to town , or We ran into them on the way . [c. a.d. 1000]
on the way to ; well on the way to . On the point of experiencing or achieving, as in James is on the way to becoming a full professor , or Nancy is well on her way to a nervous breakdown . [Late 1800s] Also see on the way out .

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In the taxi on the way home, Kim gave viewers her boozy verdict: "The food, okay, the vodka, lovely."

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More are on the way, particularly with the rise of artificial intelligence.

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"We are on the way to achieving our two objectives: eliminating the nuclear threat and eliminating the missile threat," he said.

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He said his dad had "leaned into me on the way out and said 'that's the biggest honour I've ever received' and I was quite taken aback because normally he wouldn't understand what's going on".

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The situation escalated quickly and after Iran's retaliatory missile attacks, Netanyahu said, "More is on the way".

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