pick (one's) way
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To carefully move through or over something. We picked our way through the woods to avoid tripping over any roots.
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pick one's way
Find and move through a passage carefully, as in She picked her way through the crowd outside the theater, or, more figuratively, He picked his way through the mass of 19th-century journals, looking for references to his subject . [Early 1700s]
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pick your ˈway (across, over, etc. something)
walk carefully, choosing the safest, driest, etc. place to put your feet: She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
pick (one's) way
To find passage and make careful progress through it: picked her way down the slope.
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