hack your way

Frequency: 6.86.3 per million words

To clear a path for oneself by cutting through dense vegetation or other obstacles.

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Examples (10)

  • The explorers had to hack their way through the dense jungle.
  • With a machete, he began to hack his way through the overgrown vines.
  • We will have to hack our way through the thick undergrowth to reach the river.
  • For days, the lost hikers hacked their way through the seemingly endless forest.
  • I spent the afternoon hacking my way through the thorny bushes in my backyard.
  • The rescue team is hacking its way through the fallen trees to reach the trapped miners.
  • Using only a small axe, the survivor hacked his way to a clearing.
  • It's impossible to hack your way through this ice wall without proper equipment.
  • She hacked her way out of the thorny thicket, her clothes torn and scratched.
  • The team's progress was slow as they painstakingly hacked their way metre by metre.