trek
Related to trek: specialized, giant
trek across (something or some place)
To make a slow, arduous journey across something or some place, especially on foot. We're spending the summer trekking across southern France. I trekked across town to see the exhibit at the museum. The villagers have to trek across this dangerous marsh every day in order to reach the only source of potable water in the area.
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trek through (something or some place)
To make a slow, arduous journey through something or some place, especially on foot. The pilgrims trekked through southern France on their way to Spain. The villagers have to trek through this dangerous marsh every day in order to reach the only source of potable water in the area. We spent seven days trekking through the Andes last spring.
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trek to (something or some place)
To make a slow, arduous journey to something or some place, especially on foot. We spent the early hours trekking to peak of the mountain so we could be there when the sun rose. I trekked to town to see the exhibit at the museum. The villagers have to trek to this well every day, as it is the only source of potable water within a 50-mile radius.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
trek across something
to hike or march across something. The scouts trekked across the fields of the small farming community. I don't look forward to trekking across the desert.
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trek to
some place to hike or march to some place. I have to trek all the way to the store because my car is in the shop. We trekked to the cabin and made that our base camp for the whole two weeks.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- trek across
- trek across (something or some place)
- push (someone or something) across (something)
- push across
- go across (something) to (someone or something)
- go across to
- get (something) across to (one)
- tear across
- tear across (something or some place)
- wade