Daily life
work your way through something
deal with something gradually
To work your way through something means to deal with it gradually from beginning to end.
Hear it in real life
Have you read all the articles?
Not yet, but I am working my way through them.
I am working my way through a backlog of emails this morning.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I am working my way across all these books.
Say: I am working my way through all these books.
Use “through” for a collection or amount that you are gradually completing.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
work your way through something; work my way through something
Your turn: say it out loud
I am working my way through a backlog of emails this morning.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
work your way through something
deal with something gradually
“I am working my way through a backlog of emails this morning.”
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