glut

glut (someone or something) with (something)

To fill someone or something with an excessive amount of something. Thanks a lot for glutting the folder with invoices—now I can't find anything. Mom, please don't glut the kids with snacks today, OK? I'd really like it if they ate their dinner.
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glut on the market

Something that is not in great demand because it is abundantly available. Mobile phones are a glut on the market these days, which is why they're so affordable.
See also: glut, market, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a drug on the market

 and a glut on the market
something that is on the market in great abundance. Right now, small computers are a drug on the market. Twenty years ago, small transistor radios were a glut on the market.
See also: drug, market, on

glut someone or something with something

to overfill someone or something with something. The hungry lions glutted themselves with the meat of their recent kill. Sally would glut herself with doughnuts, given the chance.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a drug on the market

an unsaleable or valueless commodity.
Drug in the sense of ‘a commodity for which there is no demand’ is recorded from the mid 17th century, but it is not clear from the word's history whether it is the same word as the medicinal substance.
1998 Spectator Merchant banks are a drug on the market these days.
See also: drug, market, on
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a slew of (something)
  • a slue of (something)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • a whack at (something)
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Caption: Figure 2: Subcellular distribution of GLUT isoforms in OHCs.
Modulation of Glucose Takeup by Glucose Transport on the Isolated OHCs
These findings provide the foundation to advance Kadmon's GLUT inhibitors toward clinical development.
Kadmon Touts Data Demonstrating the Potential of Its New GLUT Inhibitors for the Treatment of Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions
Using these estimates, the glut would have expanded by 1.6 million barrels per day over the quarter.
Disagreements on the fundamentals of oil supply and demand
What's causing this global glut? Probably a mix of factors.
A Moveable Glut
Is the word glut just an example of exaggerated language?
A GLUT OR NOT
While "food desert" has only recently become a commonly understood term, bringing "cheap, wholesome food into the city" for poor and lower income people has been a central objective of Glut Cooperative for more than 45 years.
More than a store: glut cooperative's operation by consensus' can be intense, but ensures members' long-term commitment
Financial headlines continued to be dominated by falling oil prices as OPEC announced it would not be cutting production enough to reduce the current global glut of oil.
Market subdued as OPEC fail to act on oil glut; FTSE 100
Figure 1 shows FTIR spectra of Gly/Glut, Gly/Glut + CP, Gly/Glut + CP + 1 g R, Gly/Glut + CP + 2 g R, Gly/ Glut + CP + 3 g R.
Preparation and properties of rice husk-filled plasticized wheat gluten biocomposites
Foodcraft Solutions CEO Yael Mejia cast out a plea during the Caterer Food & Business Conference to chefs to help farmers who needed support as they were going through a "glut" with tomatoes and broccoli.
\\"Glut\\" in local produce; farmers asking for help
There is a glut of pharmacists in Arkansas right now and the pharmacy schools are simply not responding to it.
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On the other hand, Bernanke (2010) and Greenspan (2010) defended monetary policy and suggested that the "global saving glut" and changes in financial regulations along with financial innovations are responsible for the housing bubble.
Did monetary policy fuel the housing bubble?
Glut, this book will appeal to fans of his other books on old-fashioned pop culture.
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The [GLUT.sub.2] PCR amplification reaction started with adding cDNA (10x dilution) 4 [micro]l, GLUT, F (100uM) 0.4 [micro]l, GLUT, R (100[micro]M) 0.4 [micro]l, SYBR Green / the Flourescein qPCR Master Mix (2X) 10 [micro]l, and de-ionized water 5.4 [micro]l sequentially into the reaction system.
Effect of combined treatment with clozapine and metformin on fasting blood glucose, insulin level, and expression of the glucose transporter-2 ([GLUT.sub.2]) in Sprague-Dawley rats
Two meetings this season produced nine goals and with both managers intent on playing free-flowing, entertaining football there should be a glut of chances.
SAM SPREAD