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plough a lonely furrow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables
plough a lone-ly -fur-row
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

ploughs a lonely furrow (present, singular) ploughing a lonely furrow (participle, present) ploughed a lonely furrow (participle, past) ploughed a lonely furrow (past)

Phrases

plough one's own furrow go it alone

Frequently Paired Words

plough one's own furrow go it alone

Questions

What does plough a lonely furrow mean?
To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.

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