tow
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- noun
- /toʊ/
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remolque
- Josh, we'll call a tow truck, have the axles fixed.
- a tow rope
- net tows
- trawl tows
Let's go get in the boat, get in the water, hold the the whatever thing you hold like the tow rope, right?
- Let's go get in the boat, get in the water, hold the the whatever thing you hold like the tow rope, right?
- And all of a sudden I catch a tow and I go face forward into the snow and I disappear.
- I mean, like Ace, you know, driving around this cool Porsche, which it is cool, but you know, getting strung up on a tow truck and then driven away is horrible.
- She Hey, you can always trust a tow truck guy named John.
- There's another way, tow line across the road painted like the painted, painted black so you can't see it and cut the thing in half.
Examples
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We're gonna need a tow.
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Perhaps we could trouble you for a tow.
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I'll be back with a tow truck before nightfall.
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A Highway Patrol car, followed by a tow truck, breezes along the highway.
Fiction book (1993) -
Follow that tow truck.
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Reverse the truck until the tow bar on the trailer makes contact with the locking mechanism on the truck.
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Standing ankle-deep in muck, Coe switched a chain from the tow truck to the bulldozer's hitch.
Fiction book (1990) -
The car broke down on the highway, and I called for a tow to bring it to the mechanic.
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After the storm, many motorists needed a tow to get their vehicles out of the flooded streets.
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He waited by the side of the road for a tow to help him with his broken-down truck.
Synonyms
Pulling a vehicle or boat using another vehicle
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Compounds
A harmless pale snake with smooth, rubbery skin that lives in grass and woods
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Etymology
Tow comes from an old word meaning 'to pull' and from the idea of a rope or line used to pull boats and carts. So a tow is the act of pulling something behind another vehicle or the rope that does the pulling.