find a way

Overcome the obstacle

To find a way is to discover or devise a means of accomplishing something, especially when obstacles exist: We'll find a way to make it work.

The phrase emphasizes determination and resourcefulness—there may be no obvious path, but one will be created or uncovered.

Life finds a way suggests that solutions emerge even in difficult circumstances.

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creativity · loophole · plan B · ingenuity · resolve · improvisation · direction · crack · think outside the box · strategy · makeshift · make it work · invention · brainstorming · trailblazing · break through · pivot · troubleshooting

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Opposites
problem-solving success

find a wayhit a wall

Reach an impassable obstacle

fail · draw a blank · fall short · run into a brick wall · come up short

persistence vs. surrender

find a waygive up

Stop attempting something

quit · throw in the towel · surrender · abandon hope · accept defeat

resourcefulness vs. helplessness

find a wayflounder

Struggle awkwardly, or seafood

throw up one's hands · succumb · lose one's way

Family

way, find, away, found, finding, midway, wayward, finds, finder

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G