wade through

1. To search or progress through with difficulty, as when performing a boring, repetitive research task.

   This synopsis saves me from having to wade through a pile of textbooks.

1. We waded through the muddy water.

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2. He waded upstream through the gently flowing creek.

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3. Adopting a child is a tough decision with plenty of bureaucracy to wade through.

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4. He was wading through mud.

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5. Gabriel waded through shallow water.

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• wade inTo interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.
• wade throughTo search or progress through with difficulty, as when performing a boring, repetitive research task.