plough a furrow

plough a furrow
plough a furrow
Brit literary
◇ If you plough your own furrow, you do something that is different from what other people do.

She was not afraid to plough her own furrow. [=to act independently; to do something no one else has done]

If you plough the same furrow, you do the same thing someone else does.

He was not content to plough the same furrow as his father.

If you plough a lone/lonely furrow, you do something alone or do something that no one else will do.

She has had to plough a lone/lonely furrow in her pursuit of reform.

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Main Entry:furrow
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plough a furrow — see furrow, 1
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Main Entry:plow

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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