right of way
noun/ˌraɪt əv ˈweɪ/
/ˌraɪt əv ˈweɪ/
(plural rights of way)
- [uncountable] (especially British English) legal permission to go onto or through another person’s land
- Private property—no right of way.
- There is no public right of way across the fields.
- [countable] (especially British English) a public path that goes through private land
- a public right of way for walkers
- [uncountable] the right to drive across or into a road before another vehicle
- I had right of way at the junction.
- Whose right of way is it?
- roads where bikes have the right of way
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