wade through sth

informal — phrasal verb with wade

/weɪd/ verb

Definition

› to spend a lot of time and effort doing something boring or difficult, especially reading a lot of information: We had to wade through pages of legal jargon before we could sign the contract.Succeeding, achieving and fulfillingReading

(Definition of wade through sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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