plough back
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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I pulled the plough back 41 again to the starting-point, and tried once more.
From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Walter Prichard Eaton
The man was much annoyed at being found out, but, willy nilly, he had to give the plough back.
From The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India by W.H.D. Rouse
In a few days they would plough back loaded with coal.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Rutherford George Montgomery
The long-studied problem of employing a gang of ploughs to plough back and forth and successfully operated by steam has been solved, and electricity is now being introduced as a motor in place of steam.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
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