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plowed the sands

plowed the sands is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about plowed the sands

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

Words near plowed the sands in the dictionary

  1. plowed in
  2. plowed into
  3. plowed on
  4. plowed one's way
  5. plowed over
  6. plowed the sands
  7. plowed through
  8. plowed under
  9. plowed up
  10. plowed with one's heifer
  11. plower

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