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sell out
verb
Also (chiefly Brit): sell up.to dispose of (supplies of something) completely by selling
informal(tr) to betray, esp through a secret agreement
informal(intr) to abandon one's principles, standards, etc
noun
informala performance for which all tickets are sold
a commercial success
informala betrayal
informala person who betrays their principles, standards, friends, etc
Idioms and Phrases
Dispose of entirely by selling. For example, The rancher finally sold out to the oil company , or The tickets to the concert were sold out a month ago . [Late 1700s]
Betray one's cause or colleagues, as in He sold out to the other side . [ Slang ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
When we visited, Mr Singh and his colleagues were preparing the venue for actual, not verbal, fisticuffs - a 300-seat sell out white collar boxing night.
They did not even sell out their 12,500-ticket allocation for the final.
But they parlayed their goth-opera imagery into a ravenous fandom, coming out of the pandemic to sell out arenas and major festival dates around the world.
There are reports in China that Friday's game in the 40,000-seat Hong Kong Stadium against a Hong Kong XI may also not sell out.
She warned the suspension would probably lead to demand building up and more attempts to buy the dolls online - but they sell out within seconds.
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