The soldiers waded through the mud on the way to battle.
•They waded through the mess to get to where they were going.
2. Fig. to struggle through something with difficulty. (Fig. on Q.) •You mean I have to wade through all these applications?
•I have to wade through forty term papers in the next two days.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
wade through (something) — 1. to read detailed or complicated information. We don t have enough staff to wade through the data. If you can wade through the ads, there s useful information here about the history of the Internet. 2. to move through a large group. We waded… … New idioms dictionary
wade through something — ˌwade ˈthrough sth derived no passive to deal with or read sth that is boring and takes a lot of time • I spent the whole day wading through the paperwork on my desk. Main entry: ↑wadederived … Useful english dictionary
wade through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms wade through : present tense I/you/we/they wade through he/she/it wades through present participle wading through past tense waded through past participle waded through wade through something to read or deal… … English dictionary
wade through — {v. phr.} To read through something long and laborious. * /It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy s War and Peace in the original Russian./ … Dictionary of American idioms
wade through — {v. phr.} To read through something long and laborious. * /It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy s War and Peace in the original Russian./ … Dictionary of American idioms
wade\ through — v. phr. To read through something long and laborious. It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy s War and Peace in the original Russian … Словарь американских идиом
wade — [ weıd ] verb intransitive to walk in or through water or other liquid that is not very deep: She waded across the stream to get the ball. ,wade in phrasal verb intransitive BRITISH INFORMAL to become involved in someone else s discussion,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wade — [[t]we͟ɪd[/t]] wades, wading, waded 1) VERB If you wade through something that makes it difficult to walk, usually water or mud, you walk through it. [V prep/adv] Her mother came to find them, wading across a river to reach them... [V prep/adv]… … English dictionary
wade — verb (intransitive + across/through) (T) to walk through water that is not deep wade in phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to interrupt someone or become involved in something in an annoying way: I wish you wouldn t always wade in with your opinion.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wade — 1. verb /weɪd/ a) to walk through water or something that impedes progress. After breakfast the men set out to hunt, while the women went to a large pool of warm water covered with a green scum and filled with billions of tadpoles. They waded in… … Wiktionary
ˈplough through sth — phrasal verb to finish something that takes a long time and is difficult or boring Syn: wade through sth … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
