plough throughsomething
phrasal verbwithploughverb[IorT]UK(USplow)uk/plaʊ/us/plaʊ/
informal
to go through asubstanceor anareaof something withdifficulty:
Weploughedthrough themud.
tofinishreading,eating, ordealingwith something withdifficulty:
I've got anenormouspileofpaperstoploughthrough.
You'll nevermanagetoploughthrough all thatfood.
Crossing and moving through
- bash through (something)
- break
- break throughsomething
- criss-cross
- cross
- crossed
- cut
- cut acrosssomething
- ford
- penetrate
- penetration
- penetrative
- percolate
- pierce
- plough
- scythe
- thread
- transit
- traverse
- uncrossed
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