make one's way through something
- make one's way through something
pick one's way through something & make one's way through something
1. to move along a route full of obstacles; to travel, usually on foot, through an area of heavy vegetation or through a crowd of people or things. •
When the grandchildren visit, I have to pick my way through the toys on the floor.
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We slowly picked our way through the thorny bushes to get to the ripe raspberries.
2. to work slowly and meticulously through something. •
My teacher said he couldn't even pick his way through my report. It was just too confusing.
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I spent an hour picking my way through the state tax forms.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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