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plough through

plough through verb: to persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.

Verb

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

  1. To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
    • I ploughed through two helpings, but then I didn't have room for any more.
    • If you can plough through the first three chapters, then the plot starts to get interesting.
  2. To forcefully make a passage to move through.
    • I managed to plough through the crowds and get to the information desk.

Forms of plough through

third-person singular presentploughs through
present participleploughing through
past participleploughed through
pastploughed through

Questions about plough through

What does plough through mean?
Plough through means to persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
What part of speech is plough through?
Plough through is a verb.
What is the past tense of plough through?
The past tense of plough through is ploughed through.

Words near plough through in the dictionary

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

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