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do a roaring trade

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do a roaring trade

  (British & Australian) also do a roaring business (American)

to sell a lot of goods quickly (usually in continuous tenses) It was a hot day and the ice-cream sellers were doing a roaring trade. (often + in ) The toy department was doing a roaring trade in furry dinosaurs.

See also: roaring, trade