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plough one's way en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To make one's way.
    • It was not until centuries later, when the ships of the white invader ploughed their way islandward, that flies and mosquitoes, centipedes and scorpions, and a host of insect pests, large and small, were introduced to temper the delights of the island paradise for all future time. 1903, W. H. Henshaw, “A Sea-Serpent in Hawaii”, in Thomas George Thrum, compiler, Hawaiian Annual and Almanac, Thomas George Thrum, page 68:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ploughing one's way Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plow one's way US, alternative lexicographic
ploughs one's way Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ploughed one's way Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ploughed one's way Tense=Past lexicographic