wade in

[wade in] or [wade into] {v.}, {informal}

1. To go busily to work.

* /The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again./

2. To attack.

* /When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in and took it apart./

* /Jack waded into the boys with his fists flying./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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