"plough one's way" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ploughs one's way [present, singular, third-person], ploughing one's way [participle, present], ploughed one's way [participle, past], ploughed one's way [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|plough<,,> one's way}} plough one's way (third-person singular simple present ploughs one's way, present participle ploughing one's way, simple past and past participle ploughed one's way)
  1. (idiomatic) To make one's way. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: plow one's way [US]
    Sense id: en-plough_one's_way-en-verb-DQZu4U8- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Alternative forms

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