ply (someone) with (something)

to give someone a lot of something.

We were plied with coffee, doughnuts, and refreshments.

He plied me with liquor, hoping to get me drunk.

Usage notes: often used in the form ply someone with questions - to ask someone a lot of questions:

Anxious to hear the latest news, they plied us with questions.

• the point of no return
• the pot calling the kettle black
• the power behind the throne
• the powers that be
• the primrose path
• the prodigal son
• the promised land
• the proof of the pudding .
• the proof of the pudding
• the proof of the pudding is in the eating
• the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
• the pros and cons
• the rank and file
• the real McCoy
• there and then
• There are no flies on .
• There are no flies on someone.
• There are plenty more where that came from.
• There are plenty more where they came from.
• There but for the grace of God .
• There but for the grace of God go I.
• Thereby hangs a tale.
• the received wisdom
• the red-carpet treatment
• the red-light district