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plough the sands

plough the sands is the alternative spelling of plow the sands.

Meaning of plow the sands

Verb

plow the sands (third-person singular simple present plows the sands, present participle plowing the sands, simple past and past participle plowed the sands)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time

Forms of plough the sands

third-person singular presentploughs the sands
present participleploughing the sands
past participleploughed the sands
pastploughed the sands

Questions about plough the sands

What is plough the sands the alternative spelling of?
Plough the sands is the alternative spelling of plow the sands.

Words near plough the sands in the dictionary

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

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