T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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Contents of T:
[track]
See:
[COVER ONE'S TRACKS],
[IN ONE'S TRACKS],
[INSIDE TRACK],
[JUMP THE TRACK],
[KEEP TRACK],
[LOSE TRACK],
[MAKE TRACKS],
[OFF THE BEATEN TRACK],
[ON THE TRACK OF],
[THE TRACKS].
[track down] {v.}
To find by or as if by following tracks or a trail.
The hunters tracked down game in the forest.
She spent weeks in the library tracking the reference down in all their hooks on the subject.
Compare: [HUNT DOWN].
[trade in] {v.}
To give something to a seller as part payment for another thing of greater value.
The Browns traded their old car in on a new one.
Syn.: [TURN IN] (3).
[trade on] {v.}
To use as a way of helping yourself.
The coach traded on the pitcher's weakness for left-handed batters by using all his southpaws.
The senator's son traded on his father's name when he ran for mayor.
[trade-in] {n.}
Something given as part payment on something better.
The dealer took our old car as a trade-in.
- Often used like an adjective.
We cleaned up the car at trade-in time.
[trading stamp] {n.}
One of the stamps that you get (as from a store or gas station) because you buy something there; a stamp you get with a purchase and save in special books until you have enough to take to a special store and trade for something you […]