plow back
B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To take money a business makes and put it right back into the business to help it grow.
Literal meaning: To use a plow to return material back into the soil.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
neutral
(US) To reinvest profits or money earned back into the same business or activity.
"The startup plowed all its profits back into hiring engineers."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
American English spelling of 'plough back.' Standard in US business journalism and financial writing. Often appears as 'plow profits back into the company.'
Commonly used with
profits earnings revenue gains proceeds money
Forms
Base
plow back
I/you/we/they
3rd person
plows back
he/she/it
Past simple
plowed back
yesterday
Past participle
plowed back
have + pp
-ing form
plowing back
continuous
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