to wade through something

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• 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