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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plow into

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 ● Oct. 5, 2024

Hilary is expected to plow into the Mexican peninsula on Saturday night and then surge northward and enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023

Convinced that huge returns are within easy grasp, many victims will overextend themselves, including taking out loans against their homes, to plow into the fraud.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

Allowing students to plow into that word in their texts without any kind of historical and contextual preparation is abhorrent.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2021

Behind her, jockey Maurice Peters, aboard Mandingham, saw her plow into the track and knew he could not avoid her.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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