sell dearly (English, verb)
expansion: sell dearly (third-person singular simple present sells dearly, present participle selling dearly, simple past and past participle sold dearly)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: unit; or vehicle; unit; or vehicle
glosses: To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a person, unit, vehicle, or territory).
tags: especially
idiomatic
raw_tags: of a fighting person
Forms:
form: sells dearly
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: selling dearly
tags: participle
present
form: sold dearly
tags: participle
past
form: sold dearly
tags: past