plough into

plough in·to

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [plou in-too]
- /plaʊ ˈɪn tu/
- /plaʊ ˈɪntə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [plou in-too]
- /plaʊ ˈɪn tu/

Definitions of plough into words

phrasal verb plough into If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it. 0
phrasal verb plough into If you say that money is ploughed into something such as a business or a service, you are emphasizing that the amount of money which is invested in it or spent on it in order to improve it is very large. 0
verb plough into To crash into something. 0
verb plough into To engage in some activity with vigor. 0
verb plough into (Transitive Verb) To invest a resource (money, material, energy) into something. 0

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Parts of speech for Plough into

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Plough into

plough into popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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