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  1. to tow

    To draw or drag a ship or boat by means of a rope attached to another vessel or boat, which advances by steam-power, rowing, or sailing. The Roman method, as appears by the triumphal arch at Orange, was by a rope fastened to a pulley at the top of the mast. They also fastened a rope to the head of a boat, and led it over men's shoulders, as practised on our canals at the present day.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of to tow in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of to tow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of to tow in a Sentence

  1. Mathew Huntsberger:

    The tow truck was on the way. We didn't think anything was going to happen, it was complete shock.

  2. Jerry Pacheco:

    Here we are growing companies and growing jobs and everything is great. We added another industrial park with job prospects in tow and then all this happens.

  3. Kelly Hannon:

    We know people have been stopped for extraordinary time periods leading up to these closure areas, but we are clearing trucks one by one to break through this blockage, and we will get to each driver and restore traffic flow, crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes.

  4. You Can:

    While the British press is figuring out how many ways they can skewer Prince Harry, who appears to have found Prince Harry happiness and broken a toxic cycle, Meghan Markle will be put through the thresher that is Fleet Street press for not accompanying Meghan Markle husband even though Meghan Markle is Meghan Markle, breastfeeding mother with a toddler in tow as well.

  5. Asem Zidan:

    And the TOW missiles helped us to prevent the regime pushing forward for some time... but it was n’t enough.

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