lead through

present singular third person leads through · participle present leading through · participle past led through · past led through

1. climbingTo take turns leading an expedition.

   We 'led through', each in turn climbing to the full length of the rope, and then belaying […]

   1946, Scott C. Russell, Mountain Prospect, page 98

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   The climbing was nowhere difficult, perhaps only Moderate by British standards, but it was sometimes exposed. We led through, taking it in turns to lead alternate pitches. Probably a guide would have moved up continuously, […]

   1964, Showell Styles, Modern Mountaineering, page 128

   You lead "through" instead — your companion leads a pitch, then you join him. But instead of swapping over at the ice axe belay, you carry on in the lead, cutting or kicking steps until you are about twenty feet above.

   1967, Anthony Greenbank, Instructions in Mountaineering, page 84