ply your trade

ply (one's) trade

To go about one's normal business or employment. Despite the dominance of big supermarket chains, local vendors still ply their trade along the pedestrian area as they have done for decades.

ply your ˈtrade

(written) do your work or business: This is the restaurant where he plied his trade as a cook.

See also: ply, trade

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See also:

ply (one's) trade
by the balls
have (one) by the short and curlies
have someone by the short and curlies
thump
thump (one's) chest
get (one) by the short and curlies
get someone by the short and curlies
get/have somebody by the short hairs
get (one) by the short hairs

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While you might think that that title is rather saccharine and simply not what you have in mind with regard to where you presently ply your trade, the subtitle is actually more telling: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work.

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