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Phr V trade upon trades, trading, traded trade on/upon sth to use a situation or a personal quality for your own advantage, especially in an unfair wayPeople are always trading on her generosity.Most good-looking people trade on their attractiveness to some extent.
! Trade upon is more formal than trade on and is mostly used in writing.
trade on/upon sth to use something in order to get an advantage for yourself, especially in a dishonest or unfair way: The newspapers accused her of trading on her relationship with the Prince. He was able to trade on people's fears of the communists.■ SIMILAR TO: exploit
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