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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishply somebody with something phrasal verb1 GIVEto keep giving someone large quantities of food or drink The local people plied me with beer, until I could barely move.2 ply somebody with questionsASK A QUESTION to keep asking someone questions → ply→ See Verb table
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ply with • In their generosity, or relief of getting out of the kitchen, they ply me with bag loads of organic vegetables.• Enchanted, she too watched the sweet-faced boy who was chattering excitedly while his fond father plied him with Carnival cakes.• It became a joke to ply him with half-pints of beer and fantasies about each other's unfitness for battle.• As Crilly can not drive, I ply myself with junk food and coffee, preparing myself for the wheel.• He is assiduous in plying me with melba toast, and has the charm one always associates with a private homosexual.• It was probably the effect of the wine that Giles had plied her with so freely.• Mandy had plied her with tender loving care until the tears had come.• Finally, Mr Hung may ply you with the baked barbecue pork bun.ply somebody with questions• She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions.• Ungerer spent a long time plying them with questions.
From Longman Business Dictionaryply somebody with something phrasal verb [transitive] to keep giving someone something in order to persuade them to do somethingThe sales force plied doctors with free samples. → ply→ See Verb table
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