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How to spell tow

hear ittow/toʊ/verbLong vowels

What it means: To drag something behind a vehicle.

In a sentence: The big truck will tow the car to the shop.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as toe or to.

Sounds like, but is not: toe. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: tow (verb), towing, towed, tow truck, towing service. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Tow comes from an Old English word meaning 'to drag or pull.' Over time, its use became closely linked with pulling vehicles, which is why we now talk about a 'tow truck.'

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