'V way prep/adv' - Construction 12

Name: the ease your way into a situation construction
Description: A person uses careful tactics to achieve a goal.
Verbs: dodge, ease, edge, feel, grope, inch, manoeuvre, navigate, nose, pick, prise, sidestep, squeeze, steer, thread, twist, weave, worm
Example: …as though to ease his way through a dubious world. (BNC)
Membership: figurative movement; into/out of a situation / towards a goal; by moving
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