in the market

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*in the market (for something)

Fig. wanting to buy something. (*Typically: be ~; find oneself ~.) I'm in the market for a new camera. If you have a boat for sale, we're in the market.

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However, I'll try and set up a trade in pots and pans, and you shall stand in the market and sell them. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context It was market day at Sidi Aissa, and the numberless caravans of camels coming in from the desert, and the crowds of bickering Arabs in the market place, filled Tarzan with a consuming desire to remain for a day that he might see more of these sons of the desert. The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context In this way our dairy produce came, in time, to command higher prices in the market than that sent by other communes. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context More results

? References in classic literature

However, I'll try and set up a trade in pots and pans, and you shall stand in the market and sell them.

Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context

It was market day at Sidi Aissa, and the numberless caravans of camels coming in from the desert, and the crowds of bickering Arabs in the market place, filled Tarzan with a consuming desire to remain for a day that he might see more of these sons of the desert.

The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

In this way our dairy produce came, in time, to command higher prices in the market than that sent by other communes.

The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context

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