England cannot arrest and jail its way out of this social malaise

England cannot solve this problem just by arresting and jailing the malcontents.

Thank you, Mr Micawber. But I don't understand the construction of this sentence: England cannot arrest and jail its way out of this social malaise.

'arrest' and 'jail' are both transitive verbs. It seems "its way" is an object of these verbs. But you can arrest a person etc., how can you arrest and jail "its way". I hope you understand what is confusing me. Thank you.

Jackson6612I don't understand the construction of this sentence: England cannot arrest and jail its way out of this social malaise.

It's the "X's WAY" construction.

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CJ

Thank you, CJ. I have been to the linked pages and understood the examples given there. But I'm still having difficulty understanding this particular sentence. What does "its way" mean here?

Here is one of your examples:

The man pushed his way to the front of the line.

(He kept on pushing unti

Jackson6612How would you rephrase the following sentence as you did the the sentence above?
England cannot arrest and jail its way out of this social malaise.

England cannot continue to arrest and jail people in the hope that the final result will be the end of social malaise.

CJ