in the direction of

Synonyms

pro AS during for concerning to beeline go to supposing

Examples

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. James Huneker

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in the direction of the original succession and with a certainty proportional to the frequency with which they were together. Hermann Ebbinghaus

I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.. Henry David Thoreau

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. Norman Cousins

You always fall down in the direction of where you bend over. French Proverb

It's much easier to swim in the direction of the current. Chadian Proverb

Words in the phrase

in the direction of

Close letter words and terms

in the depths of in the developing world in the direct male line in the direction of its longitudinal axis in the direction of the arctic circle in the direction of the back