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plow the sands

plow the sands verb: to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time.

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 plow the sands

third-person singular presentplows the sands
present participleplowing the sands
past participleplowed the sands
pastplowed the sands
alternative formplough the sands

Questions about plow the sands

What does plow the sands mean?
Plow the sands means to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time.
What part of speech is plow the sands?
Plow the sands is a verb.
What is the past tense of plow the sands?
The past tense of plow the sands is plowed the sands.

Words near plow the sands in the dictionary

  1. plow soles
  2. plow stop
  3. plow stopped
  4. plow stopping
  5. plow stops
  6. plow the sands
  7. plow through
  8. plow under
  9. plow up
  10. plow with one's heifer
  11. plowable

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