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• plough something in — invest or reinvest money in a business. → plough …   English new terms dictionary

• plough something into something — ˌplough sth ˈinto sth derived to invest a large amount of money in a company or project • The government has ploughed more than $20 billion into building new schools. Main entry: ↑ploughderived …   Useful english dictionary

• plough something back (in something) — …   Useful english dictionary

• plough something back (into something) — …   Useful english dictionary

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• plough — [plaʊ] , plow verb plough something → back into something phrasal verb [transitive] to put money that you have made back into a business, in order to make the business bigger and more successful, rather than giving it to shareholders: • The group …   Financial and business terms

• plough — plough1 also plow AmE [plau] n 1.) a piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 2.) under the plough BrE formal land that is under the plough is used for growing crops →↑snow plough plough 2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plough into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plough into : present tense I/you/we/they plough into he/she/it ploughs into present participle ploughing into past tense ploughed into past participle ploughed into 1) plough into someone/something to crash… …   English dictionary

• plough — (US plow) noun 1》 a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.     ↘land that has been ploughed. 2》 (the Plough) Brit. a prominent… …   English new terms dictionary

• 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 …   Useful english dictionary