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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- 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.