"sow the seeds of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sows the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowing the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowed the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sown the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sow<,,,sown> the seeds of"
      },
      "expansion": "sow the seeds of (third-person singular simple present sows the seeds of, present participle sowing the seeds of, simple past sowed the seeds of, past participle sown the seeds of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:",
          "text": "I welcome the deal, but hope the continuing disagreements about modernisation do not sow the seeds of the next dispute.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry out a certain action which will eventually bring about a particular result."
      ],
      "id": "en-sow_the_seeds_of-en-verb-c7maBbs0",
      "links": [
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "eventually",
          "eventually"
        ],
        [
          "bring about",
          "bring about"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To carry out a certain action which will eventually bring about a particular result."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sow the seeds of"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sows the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowing the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowed the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sown the seeds of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sow<,,,sown> the seeds of"
      },
      "expansion": "sow the seeds of (third-person singular simple present sows the seeds of, present participle sowing the seeds of, simple past sowed the seeds of, past participle sown the seeds of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:",
          "text": "I welcome the deal, but hope the continuing disagreements about modernisation do not sow the seeds of the next dispute.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry out a certain action which will eventually bring about a particular result."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "eventually",
          "eventually"
        ],
        [
          "bring about",
          "bring about"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To carry out a certain action which will eventually bring about a particular result."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sow the seeds of"
}