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Phrase(s): pick one’s way through something [and] make one’s way through something
1. to move along a route full of obstacles; to travel, usually on foot, through an area of heavy vegetation or through a crowd of people or things. • When the grandchildren visit, I have to pick my way through the toys on the floor. • We slowly picked our way through the thorny bushes to get to the ripe raspberries. 2. to work slowly and meticulously through something. • My teacher said he couldn’t even pick his way through my report. It was just too confusing. • I spent an hour picking my way through the state tax forms.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs