plough up
phrasal verbplough something up
- to turn over a field or other area of land with a plough to change it from grass, for example, to land for growing cropsTopics Farmingc2
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- to break up the surface of the ground by walking or driving across it again and again
- The paths get all ploughed up by motorbikes.
- Heavy traffic had ploughed up the surface of the track.