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5 English Phrasal Verbs With 'PLOW'

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We have definitions for 5 phrasal verbs with 'PLOW'

5 phrasal verbs with 'PLOW'

Plow back

  1. Re-invest money you have made into a business
    (Separable [optional] | American English)
    » Example: We PLOWED BACK all the profits to grow the company.

Plow into

  1. Collide into at speed
    (Inseparable | American English)
    » Example: The bus skidded and PLOWED INTO the bus stop.

Plow on

  1. Continue doing something you don't want to
    (Intransitive | American English)
    » Example: It was really boring, but we PLOWD ON.

Plow through

  1. Eat a big meal
    (Inseparable | American English)
    » Example: We PLOWED THROUGH all eight courses.
  2. Read something that is difficult or takes a lot of time
    (Inseparable | American English)
    » Example: It takes me ages to PLOW THROUGH any of Henry James' novels.
  3. Move through somewhere where there is little space or there are obstacles
    (Inseparable | American English)
    » Example: The police car had to PLOW THROUGH the crowd.

Plow up

  1. Break the surface of soil
    (Separable [optional] | American English)
    » Example: The tractor PLOWED UP the field so they could sow the crop

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