Helen Nguyen
2021-02-19 12:02
Ply your trade formal Written language verb phrase
To work or do your job
This is the coffee shop that I plied my trade as barista
Jane was not the only staff plying her trade on the day of the incident
To do a kind of work that sell goods or services on the street
Food vendors usually ply their trade around the school area.
Taxis frequently ply their trade outside the theatre and hotels.
actions are more important than words
To work very diligently and energetically
To work extremely hard
Use most of one's time working for others
The entertainment industry and those who work in it is more exciting and dazzling when compared to any other
The verb "ply" should be conjugated according to its tense
Caption: This phrase is mostly used of a kind of work that tries to sell goods or services to people outdoors. (Source: Internet)
Most people do not know exactly when this phrase can be traced, but they do know the its origin."Ply", being a variant form of "apply", means "to apply, work busily at", and in that sense "ply one's trade" was once used of any kind of occupation. (You could speak, for example, of a tailor "plying his needle"). However, "ply" has a second sense. Of a ship, boat or bus, it means to travel regularly between certain places; and of a porter, taxi, etc, to "ply for hire" means "to attend or have one's stand at a regular place to be hired". ("Ply for hire" is still a technical term in the UK, used in taxi licensing regulations, etc.) Since streetwalkers do indeed "ply for hire" in just this way, it's natural that theirs is one of the few occupations of which "ply one's trade" is still rotutinely used. (Source: phrase.org.uk)
Do you see anything wrong?
To do something in an unusual way
I guess I like to run against the grain in everything I do.
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