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draw a straight furrow en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To live correctly or ethically, without deviating from the right line of duty.
    • None could n't quicker pitch a ton Nor dror a furrer straighter 1848, [James Russell Lowell], “(please specify the page)”, in Homer Wilbur [pseudonym], editor, Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers, […], Cambridge, Mass.: George Nichols, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
draws a straight furrow Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
drawn a straight furrow Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
drawing a straight furrow Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
drew a straight furrow Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (5)

gl ir polo rego (trench cut in the soil) · fr suivre le droit chemin (trench cut in the soil) · fi käydä kaitaa tietä (trench cut in the soil) · fr aller le droit chemin (trench cut in the soil) · pl iść dobrą drogą (trench cut in the soil)