plowing through
Advancing despite obstacles
Plowing through means forcing forward despite resistance, like a plow cutting through soil.
You can plow through a crowd, plow through traffic, or plow through a stack of paperwork.
The phrase suggests determined, sometimes exhausting progress: I spent the weekend plowing through tax documents.
It can also mean consuming large quantities quickly: He plowed through three plates of food.
- wadeWalk through impeding substance
- trodWalked on, past tense
- trudgeWalk slowly, heavily
- slogLaborious persistent effort
- plodMove slowly, heavily
tramping · bulldozing · wading · tackling · forging · making headway · persisting · persevering · tunneling · enduring · pressing on · grinding · nose to the grindstone · confronting · striving · surmounting · weathering · overcoming
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- knocking downtoppling, demolishing, razing, felling, bulldozing
plowing throughstalling
Intentional delay tactics
grinding to a halt · retreating · stagnating · bogging down · hitting a wall
plowing throughavoiding
Deliberately staying clear
skirting · dodging · evading · going around · circumventing
plow, plowing, plowed, plows, plowman, plowshare, through, thorough, thoroughly