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Definition of Sell out
1. Verb. Get rid of all one's merchandise.
Category relationships: Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Generic synonyms: Cast Aside, Cast Away, Cast Out, Chuck Out, Discard, Dispose, Fling, Put Away, Throw Away, Throw Out, Toss, Toss Away, Toss Out
Entails: Sell
2. Verb. Give information that compromises others.
Entails: Break, Bring Out, Disclose, Discover, Divulge, Expose, Give Away, Let On, Let Out, Reveal, Unwrap
Derivative terms: Sellout
Definition of Sell out
1. Verb. To sell all of a product that is in stock. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To abandon one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sell Out
Literary usage of Sell out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... and Chilian Missions — Motley resigns aa Minister to Austria — Seward's Calls
at the Capitol — The Cabinet decides not to sell out the Dunderberg to the ..."
2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... and Chilian Missions — Motley resigns as Minister to Austria — Seward's Calls
at the Capitol — The Cabinet decides not to sell out the Dunderberg to the ..."
3. The Struggle for Self-government: Being an Attempt to Trace American by Lincoln Steffens (1906)
"... (CHEAP) TO sell out THEIR CITIES AND STATES (February, 1905) THE political
condition of Rhode Island is notorious, acknowledged, and it is shameful. ..."
4. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... WELCOME TO NEW- COMERS—THE RUSSIANS WANT THEIR PAY—SL'TTER WISHES TO SELL. OUT—
... sell out ..."
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