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plough the back forty

plough the back forty verb: to engage in sexual intercourse.

Verb

plough the back forty (third-person singular simple present ploughs the back forty, present participle ploughing the back forty, simple past and past participle ploughed the back forty)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Forms of plough the back forty

third-person singular presentploughs the back forty
present participleploughing the back forty
past participleploughed the back forty
pastploughed the back forty

Questions about plough the back forty

What does plough the back forty mean?
Plough the back forty means to engage in sexual intercourse.
What part of speech is plough the back forty?
Plough the back forty is a verb.
What is the past tense of plough the back forty?
The past tense of plough the back forty is ploughed the back forty.

Words near plough the back forty in the dictionary

  1. plough stop
  2. plough stopped
  3. plough stopping
  4. plough stops
  5. Plough Sunday
  6. plough the back forty
  7. plough the sands
  8. plough through
  9. plough under
  10. plough up
  11. plough with one's heifer

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