plough back

verb

1. tr, adverb to reinvest (the profits of a business) in the same business

Example Sentences

The ground is prepared by throwing up beds or ridges, with the plough—back-furrowing, it is called.

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The man was much annoyed at being found out, but, willy nilly, he had to give the plough back.

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I pulled the plough back 41 again to the starting-point, and tried once more.

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