plow out

transitive verb

1

a

: to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : plow up : turn up

b

: to remove or eradicate with or as if with a plow

2

: to excavate or hollow out by plowing or by a process suggestive of plowing

deep gullies plowed out by the heavy rains

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