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crawl through

[/krɔːl θruː/]
verb
rastejar por; passar rastejando por
1. to move slowly on hands and knees through a space or opening
The baby crawled through the tunnel in the playground.
O bebê rastejou pelo túnel no parque infantil.
2. to move slowly and with difficulty through something
We had to crawl through the narrow cave passage.
Tivemos que passar rastejando pela passagem estreita da caverna.
3. figuratively: to progress slowly or laboriously through something
She crawled through the dense legal document.
Ela avançou lentamente pelo denso documento legal.
Synonyms
creep throughsqueeze throughworm throughinch through
Antonyms
stride throughrace throughsprint throughrush through

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
rastejar por; passar rastejando
most common usage
Rio de Janeiro
rastejar por
standard colloquial usage
São Paulo
arrastar-se por; rastejar por
both forms commonly used
Portugal
arrastar-se por; gatinhar por
gatinhar more commonly used for babies

Related Idioms & Phrases

crawl out of the woodwork
crawl to someone
at a crawl
make someone's skin crawl
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