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Idiom

plough one's way

Meaning

To make one's way.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He ploughs his way through the heavy snow.”

“She had to plough her way through a massive pile of paperwork before she could finally leave the office.”

“The weary traveler continued to plough his way through the dense, overgrown forest, determined to reach the village before the sun disappeared behind the mountains.”

Examples

simple

“He ploughs his way through the heavy snow.”

contextual

“She had to plough her way through a massive pile of paperwork before she could finally leave the office.”

complex

“The weary traveler continued to plough his way through the dense, overgrown forest, determined to reach the village before the sun disappeared behind the mountains.”

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