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Treading water   /trˈɛdɪŋ wˈɔtər/   Listen
Treading water

noun
1.
A stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms.





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"Treading water" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bert and Dick, meeting under water, gleefully grinned and squeezed hands. Dick made signs for them to follow, and led the way through the dark-shadowed water into the crypt, where, treading water, they joined Paula in subdued ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London
 
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... somewhat now, so he paddled slowly to a point on the wall of the pit under Scotty's position. He bumped gently into rock and felt with his hands while treading water. The rock surface was rough, but the roughness was regular, the wall flat. Then his fingers felt a groove and his mind created the image to match it. A drill hole! ...
— The Blue Ghost Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin
 
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Words linked to "Treading water" :   thrash, swimming stroke



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