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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
to Trade in
Can somebody explain the meaning of this verb? I might have some idea of what it means but I couldn't find any proper definition, the one that I've found who makes sense in the phrase might be this:
(taken from wordreference.com) Trade in : to use (someone or something) to one's advantage, esp. immorally or illegally: The mob trades in terror and extortion.
The other (and common) definition is clear to me: Trade in something for other. to give (a used article) as payment toward a purchase of something new.
I was reading this:
There are a lot of shows about murder on TV. Most of them trade in being gory — Bones, for instance, has always been a difficult show to stomach (...)
The cold open of “Sakizuki” was a change from this though, trading in the most gruesome, the most disgusting, and ending with pure horror.
(source:http://collider.com/hannibal-season-2-episode-2-recap-review/).
Thanks in advance!
(taken from wordreference.com) Trade in : to use (someone or something) to one's advantage, esp. immorally or illegally: The mob trades in terror and extortion.
The other (and common) definition is clear to me: Trade in something for other. to give (a used article) as payment toward a purchase of something new.
I was reading this:
There are a lot of shows about murder on TV. Most of them trade in being gory — Bones, for instance, has always been a difficult show to stomach (...)
The cold open of “Sakizuki” was a change from this though, trading in the most gruesome, the most disgusting, and ending with pure horror.
(source:http://collider.com/hannibal-season-2-episode-2-recap-review/).
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
Anonymous Most of them trade in being gory It means to use, exploit, buy and sell, or deal in something (a product or commodity) as a regular practice or business, as a trade. It is an idiom. The use of trade in for exchange is the normal phrasal verb.
- Anonymous Most of them trade in being gory It means to use, exploit, buy and sell, or deal in something (a product or commodity) as a regular practice or business, as a trade.
- It is an idiom.
- The use of trade in for exchange is the normal phrasal verb.
- com/trade+in
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AnonymousMost of them trade in being goryIt means to use, exploit, buy and sell, or deal in something (a product or commodity) as a regular practice or business, as a trade.
It is an idiom. The use of trade in for exchange is the normal phrasal verb.
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