stand in someone's path

stand in someone's path
stand in someone’s way/path/ phrase
to try to stop someone from doing something

If you want to marry him, we won’t stand in your way.

Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym
Main entry: stand

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  • stand in someone's way — stand in someone’s way/path/ phrase to try to stop someone from doing something If you want to marry him, we won’t stand in your way. Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

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