plough
81plough into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plough into : present tense I/you/we/they plough into he/she/it ploughs into present participle ploughing into past tense ploughed into past participle ploughed into 1) plough into someone/something to crash… …
82plough sth back in — UK US plough sth back in/plough sth back into sth Phrasal Verb with plough({{}}UK (US plow) /plaʊ/ verb ► to spend the money that a business has earned on improving that business: »Profits are being ploughed back into the company to allow… …
83plough sth back into sth — UK US plough sth back in/plough sth back into sth Phrasal Verb with plough({{}}UK (US plow) /plaʊ/ verb ► to spend the money that a business has earned on improving that business: »Profits are being ploughed back into the company to allow… …
84plough through — 1) PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you plough through something such as a large meal or a long piece of work, you finally finish it although it takes a lot of effort. [V P n] Researchers have ploughed through 16,000 different pieces of classical,… …
85plough ahead — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms plough ahead : present tense I/you/we/they plough ahead he/she/it ploughs ahead present participle ploughing ahead past tense ploughed ahead past participle ploughed ahead to continue to do something that… …
86Plough-team — Two men worked the eight ox plough team: one guided the plough itself, and was known as the *conductor, the other, the *fugator, drove the oxen and also tended them during the year. There is a particularly good illustration of such a team and its …
87Plough Court — 1) South out of Lombard Street at No.36 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward.First mention: Strype, 1720. Called: Plow Court (Rocque, 1746). Plough Yard (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 163). Northern portion formerly called Nag s Head Court… …
88Plough Yard, Lombard Street — See Plough Court. Plough Yard West out of Seething Lane (L.C.C. Streets, 1912). Plow Yard, a school built there for education of twenty poor children before 1689 (Maskell, p.95). Founded by James Hickson about 1689. The Transport… …
89plough sth into sth — UK US plough sth into sth Phrasal Verb with plough({{}}UK (US plow) /plaʊ/ verb INFORMAL ► to invest money in a business, especially to help make it successful or to make more money: »The commercial arm of the company last year ploughed £30m into …
90plough-stots — Cleveland Dialect List On Plough Monday, or the first Monday after Twelfth Day, there used to be a procession of young men trailing a plough …
