see one's way clear to

present singular third person sees one's way clear to · participle present seeing one's way clear to · past saw one's way clear to · participle past seen one's way clear to · alternative see the way clear to · alternative see a way clear to

1. idiomaticTo manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).

   [N]othing but revenge was on the cards, and he could not see his way clear to that.

   1884, Charles Reade, chapter 17, in A Perilous Secret

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   [T]hey were good, sincere women who would have taken her in if they could, but they could not see their way clear to do so.

   1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Missy's Room”, in Short Stories: 1907-1908

   Until the middle of December, Mike Deaver kept saying that he wasn't going to join the Administration, but he eventually saw his way clear to accepting the third most powerful post in the White House, that of deputy chief of staff.

   1988 November 27, Helene van Damm, “Out of the kitchen, into the cabinet”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Jan 2018

   Mr. Comey specified that Mr. Trump at a one-on-one dinner said he hoped Mr. Comey could see his way clear to let go of the investigation of National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.

   2017 June 16, Jules Witcover, “Trump is getting desperate to quash Russia probe”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 03 Jan 2018