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English verb: sell out

1. sell out (possession) get rid of all one's merchandise


Synonymsliquidize, sell up


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out


Entailsell


Domain categorycommerce, commercialism, mercantilism

2. sell out (communication) give information that compromises others


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s PP


Broader (hypernym)betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on


Entailbreak, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap









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