a hard (a long) row to hoe

  • 1hard, long, or tough row to hoe — idi hard, long, or tough row to hoe, an extremely difficult set of circumstances to contend with …

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  • 2a row to hoe — phrasal : a task to accomplish usually used with a modifying adjective have had a hard row to hoe Coast Artillery Journal I d like to be a surgeon, but it s a long row to hoe Sat. Eve. Post …

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  • 3row — row1 /roh/, n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: a row of apple trees. 2. a line of persons or things so arranged: The petitioners waited in a row. 3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a… …

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  • 4row — I. /roʊ / (say roh) noun 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line. 2. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theatre. 3. a street, especially a narrow one, formed by two continuous lines of… …

  • 5row — row1 [rō] n. [ME rowe < OE ræw, akin to Ger reihe < IE base * rei , to tear, split > RIVE, REAP] 1. a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line, esp. a straight line 2. any of a series of such horizontal lines in parallel …

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  • 6row — I ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE ♦♦♦ rows (Pronounced [[t]ro͟ʊ[/t]] in row 1 and 2, and [[t]ra͟ʊ[/t]] in row 3.) 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. ...a row of pretty little cottages... Several men… …

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  • 7hoe — [[t]ho͟ʊ[/t]] hoes, hoeing, hoed 1) N COUNT A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil. 2) VERB If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the… …

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  • 8row — row1 W2S2 [rəu US rou] n 1.) a line of things or people next to each other →↑column row of ▪ a row of houses ▪ rows of trees in a row ▪ The children were asked to stand in a row. ▪ row upon row (=many …

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  • 9row — row1 [ rou ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line: The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of houses/stores/chairs row upon row (=a lot of rows): She could see row upon… …

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  • 10row — I UK [rəʊ] / US [roʊ] noun [countable] Word forms row : singular row plural rows *** 1) a) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of… …

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