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plot 2, verb (oh)



2 v past tense and past participle plotted present participle plotting
[I and T] to make a secret plan to harm a person or organization, especially a political leader or government
plot to do sth
::They had plotted to blow up the White House.
plot against
::He suspected that the military were secretly plotting against him.
::The minister was found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government.
::the story of a woman who plots revenge
[T] also plot out
to draw marks or a line to represent facts, numbers etc
::We plotted a graph to show the increase in sales figures this year.
plot sth on sth
::You can plot all these numbers on one diagram for comparison.
[T] also plot out
to mark, calculate, or follow the path of an aircraft or ship, for example on a map
::We plotted a course across the Pacific.