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pick one's way

pick one's way verb: to move carefully.

Verb

pick one's way (third-person singular simple present picks one's way, present participle picking one's way, simple past and past participle picked one's way)

  1. To move carefully.
    • Walking barefoot toward the beach, we picked our way between the sharp rocks.
    • Meanwhile, passengers at the existing Euston station are forced to pick their way through an enormous building site to find their trains - a situation that could continue well into the 2030s.2024 December 27, Ben Jones, “What next for High Speed 2?”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 29

Forms of pick one's way

third-person singular presentpicks one's way
present participlepicking one's way
past participlepicked one's way
pastpicked one's way

Questions about pick one's way

What does pick one's way mean?
Pick one's way means to move carefully.
What part of speech is pick one's way?
Pick one's way is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick one's way?
The past tense of pick one's way is picked one's way.

Words near pick one's way in the dictionary

  1. pick offs
  2. pick on
  3. pick on someone your own size
  4. pick one's battles
  5. pick one's nose
  6. pick one's way
  7. pick oneself up off the floor
  8. pick out
  9. pick out of a hat
  10. pick over
  11. pick packer

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