Sell
//sɛl//
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The word "sell" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.
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I have a bridge to sell you backsell bowsell buy low, sell high buy when it snows sell when it goes cold sell cost of goods sold cross-sell don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear hand-sell hard sell hard-sell long sell mis-sell missell no-sell onsell outsell oversell panic sell presell price to sell proverbs should be sold in pairs resell sell against the box sell away sell bargains sell by the candle sell coal to Newcastle sell coals to Newcastle sell dearly sell down sell down the river sell freezers to Eskimos sell ice to Eskimos sell in May sell like hot cakes sell like hotcakes sell off sell on sell one's ass sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage sell one's body sell one's life dearly sell one's own grandmother sell one's soul sell one's soul to the devil sell oneself sell oneself short sell order sell out sell out from under sell past the close sell refrigerators to eskimos sell salt to a slug sell short sell side sell snow to Eskimos sell someone a bill of goods sell someone a pup sell the dummy sell the family silver sell the pass sell up sell wolf tickets sell-by date sell-off sell-out sell-sword sell-through sell-up sellability sellable sellee sellsword short sell short-sell soft sell sold again and got the money supersell tough sell undersell unsell unsellability upsell what wins on Sunday sells on Monday …and go away …and stay away …then go away …woof tickets
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