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plough a lone furrow
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plough a lone/lonely furrow  (mainly British literary)
to do something alone and without help from other people He'd always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow.
See also: lone
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They went for it with three up front, whilst we made Kenwyne plough a lonely furrow.
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Then at the Reebok Stadium, Johan Djourou was included in a five-man midfield and Jerome asked to plough a lonely furrow.
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While Walter Smith has fielded a host of players up front - Daniel Cousin is set to plough a lonely furrow tonight - his back four and goalkeeper have been pretty settled.
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