- ply your trade
- mainly literary
to do your job
English dictionary. 2014.
ply your trade
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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 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 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 — [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 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 — ply1 [plaı] v past tense and past participle plied present participle plying third person singular plies [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: apply] 1.) ply your trade literary to work at your business, especially buying and selling things on the street ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ply — 1 verb past tense and past participle plied 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) literary if a vehicle or boat plies between two places or across a place it makes that journey regularly (+ between/across etc): Small fishing boats plied… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trade — trade1 W1S3 [treıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(buying/selling)¦ 2 the hotel/tourist etc trade 3¦(amount of business)¦ 4¦(an exchange of things)¦ 5 the trade 6¦(job/work)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: course, way, track ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
ply — ply1 [ plaı ] noun two ply/three ply etc. 1. ) used as a measurement of the number of layers in toilet paper or PLYWOOD 2. ) used as a measurement of the number of STRANDS in wool, rope, string, etc. ply ply 2 [ plaı ] verb 1. ) intransitive or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
