wade through something phrasal verb (see also wade)
to read or deal with a lot of boring papers or written work:
Each day Parkin wades through lengthy court reports.

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wade through
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 through a crowd of thousands.

The players have to wade through a sea of fans after games.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wade (= to walk in water that is not deep)

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wade through something
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 through a crowd of thousands.

The players have to wade through a sea of fans after games.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wade (= to walk in water that is not deep)

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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.

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