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plough back
verb
- tr, adverb to reinvest (the profits of a business) in the same business
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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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