pick one's way

English

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.

   • 2024 December 27, Ben Jones, “What next for High Speed 2?”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 29:

     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.

Further reading

• “pick your way somewhere”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.