Meaning of plough into | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To crash into something.
2. To engage in some activity with vigor.
3. To invest a resource (money, material, energy) into something.
   transitive

Examples

“The lorry ploughed into the line of stationary cars.”

“Tackling the rising grades south of Cropredy with the 3.10 p.m. from Paddington in a blizzard, it ploughed at about 75 m.p.h. into a herd of cows, killing six of the beasts.”

“Another thing we left out was one of the lead German battleships exploding under fire, and, through a series of spectacularly-bad dice rolls, the next three battleships behind either failed to notice, or failed to dodge, and ended up ploughing right into it.”

“In a bid to escape the vagaries of consumer electronics, Samsung may be ploughing headlong into the areas most ripe for invasion by a new breed of emerging-market titans.”

“Young start-ups usually have had two financing options: hands-off venture capitalists that are willing to plough money into a company without rolling up their sleeves, or business incubators that are short on funds but wealthy in enthusiasm and knowledge.”

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