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ploughing a lonely furrow

ploughing a lonely furrow is the present participle of plough a lonely furrow.

Meaning of plough a lonely furrow

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.

Questions about ploughing a lonely furrow

What is ploughing a lonely furrow the present participle of?
Ploughing a lonely furrow is the present participle of plough a lonely furrow.

Words near ploughing a lonely furrow in the dictionary

  1. ploughhead
  2. ploughheads
  3. ploughhorse
  4. ploughhorses
  5. ploughing
  6. ploughing a lonely furrow
  7. ploughing ahead
  8. ploughing back
  9. ploughing down
  10. ploughing in
  11. ploughing into

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