English Dictionary

out of the way

prep_phrase

Remote or secluded. / Unusual or out of the ordinary. / Unusually or excessively. / Improper or offensive. / (idiomatic) Not obstructing or hindering; not in the way. / (idiomatic) Taken care of.

The cabin is located out of the way, surrounded by trees and mountains.

意味（1）

Remote or secluded.

It was from no choice of my own that I was brought up in an out-of-the-way pallazzo, with nothing to do but to fall in love.

意味（2）

Unusual or out of the ordinary.

意味（3）

Unusually or excessively.

'I'm not an out of the way nervous woman.'

意味（4）

Improper or offensive.

意味（5）

(idiomatic) Not obstructing or hindering; not in the way.

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

意味（6）

(idiomatic) Taken care of.

Now that the main problems are out of the way, we can start working on the details.