English Explanatory Dictionary

sell out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To sell all of a supply or stock of something.
To abandon or betray one's principles to seek profit or other personal advantage; to abandon or betray one's supporters through this change.
To betray (a person), usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain.
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.).
To sell one's commission.
To hurry out.

Pronunciation

En-au-sell out.ogg

Word forms

sell out sells out selling out sold out

Synonyms

run out stock out sell sell the pass sell down the river assfuck betray burn cop out cross out cross up double-cross do someone dirty do the dirty on false go back on knife let down play someone false quisle renegade sell down sell out stab in the back swike traitorize turncoat

Related words

sell down sell off sell up

Derived words

sellout sell out from under sold-out

Translations

French: se vendre Polish: sprzedawać się Polish: sprzedać się Ukrainian: продава́тися Ukrainian: прода́тися

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