- ply trade
- ply (your) trade
literary
to do your usual work or business.
Fishermen in small boats ply their trade up and down the coast.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
ply trade
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ply — [plaɪ] verb plied PTandPP JOURNALISM 1. [transitive] to sell something: • 60 retailers were plying their products on the radio. 2. ply your trade to work at your job or business: • two outdoor … Financial and business terms
ply your trade — mainly literary phrase to do your job Thesaurus: to work, and to work in a particular waysynonym Main entry: ply * * * ply your ˈtrade idiom to do your work or business • … Useful english dictionary
ply your trade — ► to do your job: »Having worked as a government lawyer for 15 years, he is departing for the private sector to ply his trade as a barrister at Lincoln s Inn. Main Entry: ↑ply … Financial and business terms
ply for hire/business/trade — Brit : to try to get customers or business Taxis ply for hire/business outside the train station. The company is plying for trade in America. • • • Main Entry: ↑ply … Useful english dictionary
ply your trade — ply (your) trade literary to do your usual work or business. Fishermen in small boats ply their trade up and down the coast … New idioms dictionary
ply for business/hire/trade — ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly over plying for hire on the… … Financial and business terms
ply for hire/trade — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
ply for trade — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
ply — ply1 [plī] vt. plied, plying [ME plien < OFr plier < L plicare, to fold < IE base * plek , to entwine > FLAX] Now Rare to bend, twist, fold, or mold vi. Obs. to bend or submit n. pl. plies [MFr pli < the v.] 1 … English World dictionary
ply one's trade — index labor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
