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On the way

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Adverb
  1. 1
    on a route to some place wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Coming; approaching. idiomatic

    "Don't panic! Reinforcements are on the way."

  2. 2
    Heading to a certain place.

    "We are on our way to the train station."

  3. 3
    On the direct route that one intends to travel.

    "I can drop you at the station, as it is on my way home."

  4. 4
    On one's way.
  5. 5
    While travelling.

    "We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith."

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