"plough a lonely furrow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ploughs a lonely furrow [present, singular, third-person], ploughing a lonely furrow [participle, present], ploughed a lonely furrow [participle, past], ploughed a lonely furrow [past]
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  1. (UK, idiomatic) To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others. Tags: UK, idiomatic Related terms: plough one's own furrow, go it alone
    Sense id: en-plough_a_lonely_furrow-en-verb-Z8DV7vVu Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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