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  • 71plough|share — «PLOW SHAIR», noun. Especially British. plowshare …

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  • 72plough a lonely, your own, etc, furrow — ˌplough a lonely, your own, etc, ˈfurrow idiom (literary) to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in Main entry: ↑ploughidiom …

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  • 73plough into somebody — ˈplough into sb/sth derived (especially of a vehicle or its driver) to crash violently into sth, especially because you are driving too fast or not paying enough attention • A truck ploughed into the back of the bus. Main entry: ↑ploughderived …

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  • 74plough into something — ˈplough into sb/sth derived (especially of a vehicle or its driver) to crash violently into sth, especially because you are driving too fast or not paying enough attention • A truck ploughed into the back of the bus. Main entry: ↑ploughderived …

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  • 75plough on (with something) — ˌplough ˈon (with sth) derived to continue doing sth that is difficult or boring • No one was listening to her, but she ploughed on regardless. Main entry: ↑ploughderived …

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  • 76plough something into something — ˌplough sth ˈinto sth derived to invest a large amount of money in a company or project • The government has ploughed more than $20 billion into building new schools. Main entry: ↑ploughderived …

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  • 77Plough Monday —    The first Monday after *Twelfth Day (6 January) and in rural communities this was traditionally the day on which farmworkers prepared to go back to work after the Christmas break, and to start the all important task of ploughing the fields… …

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  • 78plough through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plough through : present tense I/you/we/they plough through he/she/it ploughs through present participle ploughing through past tense ploughed through past participle ploughed through 1) plough through… …

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  • 79plough plays —    One of the three main types of mumming play, found only in the East Midlands, and first reported in the 1820s. Performances were concentrated on Plough Monday, but could take place at any time over the *Christmas/*New Year period, and were… …

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  • 80plough sth back in/plough 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… …

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