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61ply for business — ply for ˈhire/ˈtrade/ˈbusiness idiom (BrE) to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business • taxis plying for hire outside the theatre Main entry: ↑plyidiom …
62Ply (game theory) — In two player sequential games, a ply refers to one turn taken by one of the players. The word is used to clarify what is meant when one might otherwise say turn . Turn is problematic since it means different things in different traditions. For… …
63ply with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ply with : present tense I/you/we/they ply with he/she/it plies with present participle plying with past tense plied with past participle plied with 1) ply someone with something to keep giving someone a lot… …
64ply rating — (PR) An indication of tire strength and load carrying capacity. It does not necessarily indicate actual number of plies. A two ply four ply rating tire would have the load capacity of a four ply tire of the same size but would have only two… …
65ply sb with sth — UK US ply sb with sth Phrasal Verb with ply({{}}/plaɪ/ verb ► to keep giving a person something in order to persuade them to do something: »They use marketing tricks such as plying consumers with special discounts to get them to shop early …
66ply with — phr verb Ply with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑tea, ↑wine …
67ply rating — A rating used for aircraft tires to indicate their relative strength. The ply rating does not indicate the actual number of plies but rather the equivalent number of plies of cotton fabric needed to produce the same strength as the tire plies …
68ply someone with — provide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way. → ply …
69ply tire — See bias ply tire …
70ply turnup — The extension of a carcass ply to its end after wrapping around the bead. Also called flipper strip …
