Collocations for "sowing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sowing" in context.
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sow
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- sow [seeds]
- sow (them) in [pots, Spring, trays]
- sow [love, distrust, hatred]
- sow the seeds of [love, hate, discontent]
- sow the [soil, land, field]
- the [soil] was sowed with [seeds, crops, plants, tomatoes]
- UK: sow your wild oats
- sow the seeds of [revolution, change, progress]
- a time to reap and a time to sow
- reap what you sow
- sow and you [will, shall] reap
- as [you, ye] sow, so shall [you, ye] reap
- an [old, fat, pregnant] sow
- send the sow to the butcher
- fatten the sow up (for the butcher)
- the sow is ready for the butcher
- owns [ten] sows
- [ten] sows on the farm
- milk from sows
- [breeding, farrowing] sows
- the sow and her litter