ply sb with sth
— phrasal verb with ply uk/plaɪ/us/plaɪ/verb
to keep giving a person something, usually food or drink:
John's been plying me with drinks all evening.
to keep giving someone work or forms to complete, or asking them questions:
We plied Charlie with questions about his trip round the world.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- stake sb to sth
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
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Drinking alcohol
Questioning people & asking questions in general