(US, electricity) A type of light switch that can be arranged in pairs to control lights from two locations, as at either end of a stairway or long hallway; a double-throw switch. (Britain): two-way switch.

(idiomatic) At a time in the distant past.

(idiomatic) At a time in the distant past.

(idiomatic, of a person) To obtain the circumstances one wishes for; to do what one wishes to do, or to have others do what one wishes them to do. / (idiomatic) To achieve a desired or natural result.

(idiomatic) Not in the direct route that one would normally use.

Used to order someone to give clear passage.

The same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order.

The same but with the mentioned things or people in reverse order or position. / In reversed orientation.

(chiefly US, idiomatic) An expression suggesting an ultimatum which indicates the listener(s) will either conform to the desires or teachings of the speaker or else be excluded.

(US) A road concurrency in which at least two numbered highway routes are signed in opposite, conflicting directions on the same stretch of physical roadway.