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ply somebody with something

to give someone a lot of something We were plied with coffee, doughnuts, and refreshments. He plied me with liquor, hoping to get me drunk.

Usage notes: often used in the form ply someone with questions (to ask someone a lot of questions): Anxious to hear the latest news, they plied us with questions.

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As soon as it was midnight, there came in two little naked dwarfs; and they sat themselves upon the shoemaker's bench, took up all the work that was cut out, and began to ply with their little fingers, stitching and rapping and tapping away at such a rate, that the shoemaker was all wonder, and could not take his eyes off them. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context Within the reef there is an expanse of smooth water, like that of a lake, where the canoes of the natives can ply with safety and where ships anchor. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			plug into plug up plugging along plumb plumb loco plumb the depths plumbing plummet plummet to plummet to earth plump plump down plump for plump up plunge plunge down plunge from plunge in plunge into plunge to plunk down plus ça change ply ply between ply trade ply with po-faced poacher pock with pocket pocket of resistance pod poetic poetic justice poetic license point point at point blank point down to point is well taken point of no return point of view point out point the finger at point the way point to point to as point toward point up poise poise oneself for			PLW PLWA PLWC PLWG PLWH PLWHA PLWHA (SA) PLWHIV PLWM PLWP PLWPS PLWR PLWS PLWSA PLWTP PLX PLXF ply ply ply ply ply ply between Ply metric ply one’s task ply one’s trade ply plastic ply trade ply with PLYA plyboard PLYC plyer plyers plyers plyers Plyght plyglass plyglass plying plying plying plying plying for hire plying for hire plying for hire PLYL Plyling gurnard PLYMC plymetal Plymoth Plymoth Plymoth rock Plymoth rock Plymoth rock Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company

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