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tire kicker

 
 
noun [C] US informal disapproving COMMERCE

Definition

someone who appears to be interested in buying something and asks a lot of questions but does not buy anything: If you want to sell it on the internet, you'll have to deal with hundreds of tire kickers.
(Definition of tire kicker noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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