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find one's way

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  1. Reach a destination, especially with some difficulty or not as a matter of course. For example, She finally found her way to the remote cabin, or Some slang phrases have found their way into standard English. The literal use of this term dates from the 1200s, the figurative from the early 1800s.


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The firing pattern provides the neural basis of the mental maps used to find one's way around.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2011

As foreign tourists, diplomats and even the locals long ago discovered, it is tricky to find one's way around the Soviet Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact it is very difficult to find one's way in the present patchwork of labeled and unlabeled products.

From Time Magazine Archive

To go off on a tangent is always a risky maneuver, for once one has gone, it is often surprisingly difficult to find one’s way back.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

To find one’s way by asking it is not difficult, even in London, if one possesses average intelligence.

From Post Haste by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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