Synonyms for sell out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sel

Phonetic Transcription : sɛl

Définition of sell out

Origin : Old English sellan "to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise," from Proto-Germanic *saljan "offer up, deliver" (cf. Old Norse selja "to hand over, deliver, sell;" Old Frisian sella, Old High German sellen "to give, hand over, sell;" Gothic saljan "to offer a sacrifice"), ultimately from PIE root *sel- (3) "to take, grasp."
Meaning "to give up for money" had emerged by c.1000, but in Chaucer selle still can mean "to give." Students of Old English learn early that the word that looks like sell usually means "give." An Old English word for "to sell" was bebycgan, from bycgan "to buy."
Slang meaning "to swindle" is from 1590s. The noun phrase hard sell is recorded from 1952. To sell one's soul is from c.1570. Sell-by date is from 1972. To sell like hot cakes is from 1839. Selling-point attested from 1959.
To sell (someone) down the river is first recorded 1927, but probably from or with recollection of slavery days, on notion of sale from the Upper South to the cotton plantations of the Deep South (attested in this literal sense since 1851).

verb betray principles

Example sentences :

It's either that or sell out, and I don't want to sell—Oh, I don't!
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He was willing to sell out his practice at the end of that time.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Let it go, Duke; I've made up my mind to sell out and leave.
Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden

But the bankers do not choose to sell out the bonds and close the deal.
Extract from : « Elements of Foreign Exchange » by Franklin Escher

Surely we could sell out soon, and I would have all the money I wanted.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

"And you'll be looking for me to sell out your interests at my first opportunity," said Parker.
Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day

"I have told my friends you would like to sell out the business," said Miles.
Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

She has agreed to sell out her country, the land she was born in, for hire.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

Your crowd is going to sell out to the Paramount—it's your plot.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

She did not exactly kill the golden goose, but began to sell out.
Extract from : « Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs » by William H. G. Kingston

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