plough a lonely furrow — To be separated from one s former friends and associates and go one s own way • • • Main Entry: ↑plough * * * plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something … Useful english dictionary
plough a lone furrow — plough a lone/lonely furrow mainly British, literary to do something alone and without help from other people. He d always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow … New idioms dictionary
plough a lonely furrow — plough a lone/lonely furrow mainly British, literary to do something alone and without help from other people. He d always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow … New idioms dictionary
plough a lone furrow — plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry: plough … Useful english dictionary
plough your own furrow — plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry: plough … Useful english dictionary
plough a lonely, your own, etc, furrow — ˌplough a lonely, your own, etc, ˈfurrow idiom (literary) to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in Main entry: ↑ploughidiom … Useful english dictionary
furrow — ► NOUN 1) a long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough. 2) a rut or groove. 3) a deep wrinkle on a person s face. ► VERB 1) make a furrow in. 2) mark or be marked with furrows. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
Plough — Plow redirects here. For the Canadian soldier, see Edward Chester Plow. Plowman redirects here. For the surname, see Plowman (surname). Furrow redirects here. For other uses, see Furrow (disambiguation). For other uses, see Plough… … Wikipedia
plough — /plaʊ / (say plow) noun 1. an agricultural implement for cutting and turning over the soil. 2. any of various implements resembling this, as a plane for cutting grooves or a device for snow clearance. 3. a device on a tram, formerly used for… …
plough — [[t]pla͟ʊ[/t]] ploughs, ploughing, ploughed (in AM, use plow) 1) N COUNT A plough is a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted. → See also snowplough 2) VERB When… … English dictionary
