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plowed back

plowed back is the simple past and past participle of plow back.

Meaning of plow back

Verb

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

  1. To reinvest profits into a business.
    • The dividends were small last year because we plowed back most of the money to buy new machinery

Questions about plowed back

What is plowed back the simple past and past participle of?
Plowed back is the simple past and past participle of plow back.

Words near plowed back in the dictionary

  1. plowboys
  2. Plowden
  3. Plowdens
  4. plowed
  5. plowed ahead
  6. plowed back
  7. plowed down
  8. plowed in
  9. plowed into
  10. plowed on
  11. plowed one's way

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