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Sell out
verb
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Verb
- 1 To sell all of a product that is in stock.
"They sold out of concert posters yesterday and won't get another shipment until next week."
- 2 abandon one's principles for expedience or financial gain wordnet
- 3 To abandon or betray one's principles to seek profit or other personal advantage; to abandon or betray one's supporters through this change. intransitive
"It used to be a pleasant little community, until the leaders sold out to the developers."
- 4 sell or get rid of all one's merchandise wordnet
- 5 To betray (a person), usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain. transitive
"I'll kill him if I see him again; he sold me out."
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- 6 To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).
"The owners long resisted buyout offers, but when they were ready to retire, they finally sold out to a competitor."
- 7 To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).; To commit or abandon oneself entirely (to a cause, a team, etc.). figuratively
- 8 To sell one's commission. historical
"After the peace of Versailles he resided in England; but, about three years before the breaking out of the Revolution, he sold out his commission in the army and emigrated to New York."
- 9 To hurry out. archaic, intransitive
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