"wade in" meaning in English

See wade in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wades in [present, singular, third-person], wading in [participle, present], waded in [participle, past], waded in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wade in (third-person singular simple present wades in, present participle wading in, simple past and past participle waded in)
  1. To interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.
    Sense id: en-wade_in-en-verb-PiL8V39t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wade in meaning in English (1.2kB)

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