MEANING
1. To become involved in an argument or situation in a direct, forceful way, often without much caution.
2. To enter water and move through it on foot.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- wade in with advice
- wade in to the debate
On the page
Before either side had finished, Martin waded in with a proposed solution.
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Word forms
- Base
- wade in
- Past tense
- waded in
- Past participle
- waded in
- Present participle
- wading in
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- wade in
- Present continuous
- am/is/are wading in
- Present perfect
- have/has waded in
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been wading in
- Past
- waded in
- Past continuous
- was/were wading in
- Past perfect
- had waded in
- Past perfect continuous
- had been wading in
- Future
- will wade in
- Future continuous
- will be wading in
- Future perfect
- will have waded in
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been wading in
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Lexical Type: Phrasal Verb. Every future addition must be classified at creation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: wades in.
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