on the way
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) coming, approaching
- Don't panic! Reinforcements are on the way.
- 2020 Bob Dylan, Murder Most Fowl
- Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay
- Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
- French: en route
- German: unterwegs, auf dem Weg
- Italian: in arrivo
- Portuguese: a caminho
- Russian: в пути́
- Spanish: en ruta, en camino, en el camino
on the way (not comparable)
- Whilst travelling.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- We gathered up what was left of the red deer after skinning and cleaning it, and set out upon our return journey toward the U-boat. On the way Olson, von Schoenvorts and I discussed the needs of our immediate future, and we were unanimous in placing foremost the necessity of a permanent camp on shore.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- French: en chemin, chemin faisant, en cours de route
- German: unterwegs
- Italian: strada facendo
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