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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
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Tap into

(1) Please explain the idiom underlined in the following sentence.

(2) Please give me other examples by the idiom "tap into."

Retailers are becoming more sophisticated at tapping into the psychology of why people buy at the prices they do.
  

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Hi, (1) Please explain the idiom underlined in the following sentence. " Retailers are becoming more sophisticated at tapping into the psychology of why people buy at the prices they do. Here are a few basic, physical examples.

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  • Hi, (1) Please explain the idiom underlined in the following sentence.
  • " Retailers are becoming more sophisticated at tapping into the psychology of why people buy at the prices they do.
  • Here are a few basic, physical examples.
  • You tap into a keg of beer by making a hole and then inserting a tap.
  • You tap into maple tree in Canad the same way, in order to get accesss to the sap for making maple syrup.
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Hi,

(1) Please explain the idiom underlined in the following sentence.

(2) Please give me other examples by the idiom "tap into."

Retailers are becoming more sophisticated at tapping into the psychology of why people buy at the prices they do.

Here are a few basic, physical examples.
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TAPPING INTO a reserve or a flow of something valuable evokes the image of drilling a hole in a tank or pipe and installing a tap, so you can take some of whatever is in the pipe or reserve for yourself. In this case the resource being tapped into is knowledge about people's shopping behaviour, which can be used to the advantage of the retailers who design the shops.

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