单词 | to work one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto work one's (also its) way a. to work one's (also its) way: to advance; to move or make progress to or towards something or someone, esp. gradually or with difficulty; to penetrate through something, etc. Cf. to make one's way at way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 1h. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xiv. xcv. 379 O're his dead Coarse the warlike Greeke doth stride, and workes his way through harnesse richly ingrau'd. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 512 As one who sought access, but feard To interrupt, side-long he works his way . View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iii Through Winds, and Waves, and Storms, he works his way. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 151 They worked their Way down these Streams. 1824 R. Stevenson Roads & Highways 8 The bottom or hand-laid stones are said to work their way from the bottom to the surface. 1857 Knickerbocker Jan. 86 The..phrase..is working its way into common parlance. 1889 R. Brydall Art in Scotl. vi. 106 He gradually wrought his way against the usual obstacles which a poor artist must always encounter. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 23 The fluffy golden kerria..having worked its way through the thick wall. 1992 D. Madden Remembering Light & Stone xi. 105 I carefully worked my way around to what I had wanted to talk about. 2008 J. Quinn Goodnight Ballivor xxi. 108 They would start at the far end and work their way towards the headland. < as lemmas |
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