"plow the sands" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: plows the sands [present, singular, third-person], plowing the sands [participle, present], plowed the sands [participle, past], plowed the sands [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plow the sands (third-person singular simple present plows the sands, present participle plowing the sands, simple past and past participle plowed the sands)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: plough the sands
    Sense id: en-plow_the_sands-en-verb-ZK7tFCVF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Alternative forms

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