get in the way of something—hinder or interfere with smth.:
- I’m afraid that our preoccupation with the difficulty of riding rather got in the way of our enjoyment.
get into the way of something—
1. acquire the habit of doing smth.:
- Once I got into the way of it, we spent the afternoon riding the horses down to the beach.
2. = get in the way of something:
- My suspicion is that your negative beliefs about yourself have got into the way of finding a suitable job.