plow into

Idioms  

1. Strike with force, crash into; also, attack vigorously. For example, The truck plowed into the retaining wall, or Carol plowed into the pile of correspondence. This expression transfers the force of the farmer's plow to other enterprises. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

The swim area had buoys so that boats wouldn’t plow into you, but it didn’t look deep enough to swim at all.

From Los Angeles Times

The broad-brush picture is known: About 60 million years ago, the Indian Plate began to plow into Eurasia and thrust up the Himalayas, the highest mountains on Earth.

From Science Magazine

I then watched the knucklehead plow into a wall on the shoulder, bolt from the car, run through traffic and leap over the center divider.

From Los Angeles Times

Wealthy Californians also have hordes of excess cash they can plow into down payments that help offset high borrowing costs.

From Los Angeles Times

Matthew Moore, a 55-year-old actor, producer and artistic director of Improv for the People, is 6 feet 4 inches tall and is careful to not plow into who he referred to as “smaller people” during class.

From Seattle Times

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