to crash into someone or something with force, especially because you are moving or driving too quickly or in a careless or uncontrolled way
to invest a lot of money in something in order to improve it or make it successful
A spokesman insisted money was being ploughed into combating youth crime.
He says the money is ploughed into his philanthropic ventures.
If this money was ploughed into patient care, life expectancy would soar.
Last year the government ploughed more than £80 million into road repairs.
Luckily no one was hurt when their car ploughed into a tree.
That money should be ploughed into the system to help the economy.
The government insists the money will be ploughed into infrastructure.
ploughs into
ploughing into
ploughed into
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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