advertising

advertise for (someone or something)

To make information known to a wider audience, usually with the intention to obtain or sell a product or service. When her house needed repairs, Kelly advertised for a handyman. The company hired me to advertise for their new product line.
See also: advertise

false advertising

1. In advertising, the act of making inaccurate claims about a product. If the ads say that a certain product is supposed to be able to do everything under the sun, it's probably false advertising.
2. By extension, in online dating, the act of falsely representing oneself, typically by posting misleading pictures of oneself or otherwise making false claims about oneself. He looked nothing like his Tinder picture—it was total false advertising!
See also: advertising, false
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • advertise
  • advertise for
  • advertise for (someone or something)
  • come into service
  • talk at
  • talk at (one)
  • toss (one's) hat in(to) the ring
  • toss hat into the ring
  • unseen
  • buy (something) sight unseen
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function of all but the most basic forms of advertising obsolete and
advertising, product placement in movies, and so on in order to find and
age, the only remaining nonredundant use of most forms of advertising is
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