Collocations for "plough"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "plough" in context.
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plough
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- UK: [a horse, an ox] and plough
- UK: a [horse] -drawn plough
- UK: driving a snow plough
- UK: the ploughs came to remove the snow
- UK: can't [leave, get out] until the ploughs come
- UK: waiting for the ploughs
- UK: have the ploughs come yet?
- UK: the driveway was blocked by the ploughs
- UK: use a plough to [cut, even, turn over] (earth)
- UK, idiom: put your hand in the plough
- a plough animal
- UK: plough the [fields, land, area]
- UK: the [fields] had been ploughed (up)
- UK: ploughed through the [snow, field, crowd]
- UK: plough through [the task, his exam, the report]
- UK: plough on with the [mission, exam, task, run]
- UK: [can, will, just] plough on
- UK: ploughed into [a pedestrian, him, another car, a lamppost]
- UK: the [car, bike, cyclist] ploughed into [the pedestrian]
- UK: plough the [water, seas, oceans]
- UK: [ships, cruise-liners, speedboats] ploughed the [water]
- UK: a plough animal
'plough' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):