From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwade through something phrasal verbREADto read or deal with a lot of boring papers or written work Each day Parkin wades through lengthy court reports. → wade→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
wade through • Personnel managers and employers are busy people and do not have time to wade through a thirty page resume.• He moved slowly, like a tired man wading through cold water.• Lost Jaguar and butterflies Next door, Steve Fischer waded through his front yard.• I have probably waded through hundreds over the years.• The day came when the road was flooded and Skipper waded through it with no hesitation.• Chief among them is that subscribers will have to wade through some advertising to get their messages.• Each day Parkin wades through tax directories and lengthy court reports.• For a playground the children wade through the debris that floats along the shoreline. 