tow
v.v. to pull a vehicle or boat behind another vehicle using a rope or a chain. You often see this when a car breaks down and a truck has to move it.
v. to pull a vehicle, boat, or aircraft along behind another vehicle by means of a rope, chain, or tow bar. Typically describes a mechanical action involving heavy machinery or emergency recovery.
The truck had to tow my car to the garage.
After the engine failed in the middle of the lake, a passing motorboat offered to tow us back to the dock.
The local authorities are authorised to tow any vehicles parked in the emergency lane to ensure that fire engines have unobstructed access to the building during the renovation.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.
The truck towed away it.The truck towed it away.When using the phrasal verb 'tow away' with a pronoun, the pronoun must sit between the verb and the particle.