Sell out In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "sell out", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2022-06-01 12:06

Meaning of Sell out

Sell out phrasal verb informal

Used to say that you betray someone for your personal benefit.

The employees thought that their boss had sold them out.

To be entirely sold.

The comedy tickets were completely sold out yesterday.

To renounce or betray one's stated ideas or cause, especially for financial or personal gain.

The board of directors felt that their assistants had sold out when publishing their diaries.

Other phrases about:

selling point

A product's feature that likely to make people want to buy it.

nurse a viper in (one's) bosom

Take care of or assist someone who are untrustworthy, deceitful, or ungrateful

sell the pass

If you say someone sells the pass, you mean that he betrays his supporter, comrades, and allies.

put (something) on the block

To sell something at auction.

sell the family silver

To sell or part with a very precious resource for a rapid and immediate gain or benefit, rather than keeping onto it for future use or to increase its worth.

Grammar and Usage of Sell out

Verb Forms

  • Selling out
  • sells out
  • sold out
  • to sell out

The verb "sell" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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