sell out (English, verb)
expansion: sell out (third-person singular simple present sells out, present participle selling out, simple past and past participle sold out)
Senses:
glosses: To sell all of a product that is in stock.
glosses: To abandon or betray one's principles to seek profit or other personal advantage; to abandon or betray one's supporters through this change.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To betray (a person), usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain.
tags: transitive
glosses: To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).
glosses: 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.).
tags: figuratively
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To sell one's commission.
tags: historical
glosses: To hurry out.
tags: archaic
intransitive
Forms:
form: sells out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: selling out
tags: participle
present
form: sold out
tags: participle
past
form: sold out
tags: past