wade through

phrasal verb·1 sense·particle through

Meanings

1

Make slow progress through a tedious task

Why “through”? You start a task and keep going to the end. You finish the whole thing.

He waded through the legal documents.
He slowly worked his way through the tedious legal documents.
She waded through the tax forms all evening.
She slowly worked her way through the tedious tax forms all evening.

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Wade through means make slow progress through a tedious task. Wade in means begin to tackle a tedious task.

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