The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DID , but the solution may also be STOODASIDE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Got out of the way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DID | 50 % | 3 |
| VEERED | 17 % | 6 |
| MOVEDOVER | 17 % | 9 |
| STOODASIDE | 17 % | 10 |
Why may STOODASIDE be the right solution?
"Got out of the way" is a phrasal verb that means to move aside or step aside to avoid something or someone. "Stood aside" means to move to one side, which fits the definition of the clue. "Stoodaside" is the past tense of "stand aside."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Got out of the way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- exit
- escape
- move
- wau
- leave
- escaped
- stop
- door
- egress
- aside
- around
- begin
Crossword Answer definitions
DID verb- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
- To perform; to execute.
- To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- To suffice.
- To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- To cook.
- To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- To treat in a certain way.
- To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- To impersonate or depict.
- (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- To kill.
- To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- To punish for a misdemeanor.
- To have sex with. (See also do it)
- To cheat or swindle.
- To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- To finish.
- To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (ditransitive) To make or provide.
- To injure (one's own body part).
- To take drugs.
- (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DID
More clues leading to the result VEERED
- Drove wildly
- Suddenly turned
- Zigzagged
- Changed course
- Swerved
- Zigged or zagged
- Changed direction
- Didn't go straight
- Swerved^VEERE
- Tried to avoid, in a way