Meanings
verbdraw a straight furrow (third-person singular simple present draws a straight furrow, present participle drawing a straight furrow, simple past drew a straight furrow, past participle drawn a straight furrow)
present singular third person draws a straight furrow · participle present drawing a straight furrow · past drew a straight furrow · participle past drawn a straight furrow
- idiomaticTo live correctly or ethically, without deviating from the right line of duty.
None could n't quicker pitch a ton Nor dror a furrer straighter
1848, [James Russell Lowell], “(please specify the page)”, in Homer Wilbur [pseudonym], editor, Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers, […], Cambridge, Mass.: George Nichols, →OCLC
Translations
Finnish käydä kaitaa tietä
- käydä kaitaa tietätrench cut in the soil
French aller le droit chemin, suivre le droit chemin
- aller le droit chemintrench cut in the soil
- suivre le droit chemintrench cut in the soil
Polish iść dobrą drogą
- iść dobrą drogątrench cut in the soil
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