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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

plough one's own furrow en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To go one's own way; to proceed independently, without regard to other people.
    • Distinctiveness and individuality are not the same as individualism, in which the determination to plough one's own furrow regardless can be a threat to unity. 2001, Pamela Evans, The Overcommitted Christian: Serving God Without Wearing Out:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ploughed one's own furrow Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ploughed one's own furrow Tense=Past lexicographic
ploughs one's own furrow Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ploughing one's own furrow Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

plough a lonely furrow

Synonyms

forge one's own path