Meaning & use
fielding offers
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
Receiving and responding to many offers, questions, or requests, especially in business or sports.
Grammar: Used after a form of be or a verb like 'be busy': She is fielding offers. It takes no direct object after the phrase itself.
Patterns
- be fielding offers
- busy fielding offers
- fielding offers from someone
The startup is fielding offers from three large investors.
After the championship, the coach spent the week fielding offers from other teams.
She is busy fielding offers for her new book.
Common combinations
- fielding offers from
- The agent is fielding offers from several clubs.
- busy fielding offers
- He was busy fielding offers all morning.
- fielding questions
- The mayor spent an hour fielding questions from reporters.
Synonyms and how they differ
- taking offers
- Focuses on accepting or considering offers, while 'fielding offers' emphasizes handling many at once.
- receiving offers
- Neutral and simple; 'fielding' suggests active management and response.
Word family
Commonly confused: fielding offers or feeling offers?
fielding offers vs feeling offers
Not a real phrase; 'feeling' means experiencing an emotion, while 'fielding' means handling many things.
Practice
The company is _____ offers from several buyers.
Choose one answer.
'Fielding offers' is the correct fixed phrase meaning handling many offers. 'Feeling' is about emotions or touch, and 'filling' and 'folding' do not fit the meaning.
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