pick one's way
Move with caution
To pick one's way is to move carefully through difficult terrain or a cluttered space, choosing each step deliberately to avoid obstacles: She picked her way through the rubble.
The phrase extends to navigating any situation requiring caution: He picked his way through the minefield of office politics.
Guide through terrain
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- threadFiber for stitching
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- traverseMove across an area
tread · steer · wend · negotiate · zigzag · sidle · edge · inch
Broken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- bouldersLarge rounded stones
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
scree · rocks · puddles · mud · obstacles · wreckage · clutter · brambles
With wary caution
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
warily · daintily · lightly · gently · slowly · hesitantly · watchfully · mindfully
navigate
Guide through terrain
traverse · tread · steer · wend · negotiate · zigzag · sidle · edge · inch · creep
rubble
Broken building fragments
undergrowth · scree · rocks · puddles · mud · obstacles · wreckage · clutter · brambles · roots
gingerly
With wary caution
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
tentatively · warily · daintily · lightly · gently · slowly · hesitantly · watchfully · mindfully · attentively
treacherous
Disloyal and dangerous
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- precariousDangerously insecure
- trickyDifficult to handle
perilous · challenging · awkward · slippery · unstable · dangerous · risky · dicey · fraught · labyrinthine