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

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

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