Meanings
verbplow the sands (third-person singular simple present plows the sands, present participle plowing the sands, simple past and past participle plowed the sands)
present singular third person plows the sands · participle present plowing the sands · participle past plowed the sands · past plowed the sands · alternative plough the sands
- idiomaticintransitiveto spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time
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