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plough a lonely furrow

plough a lonely furrow verb: to carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.

Verb

plough a lonely furrow (third-person singular simple present ploughs a lonely furrow, present participle ploughing a lonely furrow, simple past and past participle ploughed a lonely furrow)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.

Forms of plough a lonely furrow

third-person singular presentploughs a lonely furrow
present participleploughing a lonely furrow
past participleploughed a lonely furrow
pastploughed a lonely furrow

Questions about plough a lonely furrow

What does plough a lonely furrow mean?
Plough a lonely furrow means to carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.
What part of speech is plough a lonely furrow?
Plough a lonely furrow is a verb.
What is the past tense of plough a lonely furrow?
The past tense of plough a lonely furrow is ploughed a lonely furrow.

Words near plough a lonely furrow in the dictionary

  1. plotzes
  2. plotzing
  3. Plouffe
  4. Plouffes
  5. plough
  6. plough a lonely furrow
  7. plough ahead
  8. plough back
  9. plough down
  10. plough in
  11. plough into

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