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ploy
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ploy
(noun)
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ploy
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ˈ
ploɪ/
noun
plural
ploys
ploy
/
ˈ
ploɪ/
noun
plural
ploys
Learner's definition of PLOY
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count
]
:
a clever trick or plan that is used to get someone to do something or to gain an advantage over someone
Her story about being sick is only a
ploy
to get you to give her money.
a
marketing ploy
[=something that people who are selling a product use to make people want to buy the product]
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