path : Idioms & Phrases


approach path

  • noun the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
    glide slope; approach path; approach.
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bridle path

  • noun a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars)
    bridle road.
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Bridle path, Bridle way

  • a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles.
Webster 1913

flare path

  • noun an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing
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flight path

  • noun the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
  • noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
    air lane; skyway; airway.
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glide path

  • noun the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
    glide slope; approach path; approach.
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path of least resistance

  • noun the easiest way
    line of least resistance.
    • In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance
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primrose path

  • noun a life of ease and pleasure
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shining path

  • noun a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade
    Sendero Luminoso; SL.
    • Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths
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Storm path

  • (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.
Webster 1913

To break a path, road, etc.,

  • to open a way through obstacles by force or labor.
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To cross one's path

  • to oppose one's plans.
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towing path

  • noun a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
    towpath.
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