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Trades off tyres (6)

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treads

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'tyres' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
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'trades off' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'trades' is an anagram of 'TREADS'.

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(Other definitions for treads that I've seen before include "mates" , "Sets the foot down." , "Puts the foot down" , "Steps, walks" , "Stared at tyre surfaces" .)

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