Sell out

verb

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Verb
  1. 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. 2
    abandon one's principles for expedience or financial gain wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    sell or get rid of all one's merchandise wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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
  3. 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."

  4. 9
    To hurry out. archaic, intransitive

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