SELL OUT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sell out mean? 

• SELL OUT (verb)
  The verb SELL OUT has 2 senses:

1. get rid of all one's merchandise
2. give information that compromises others

  Familiarity information: SELL OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELL OUT (verb)

Meaning:

Get rid of all one's merchandise

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

liquidize; sell out; sell up

Hypernyms (to "sell out" is one way to...):

cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)

"Sell out" entails doing...:

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Give information that compromises others

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sell out" is one way to...):

betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on (give away information about somebody)

"Sell out" entails doing...:

break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; impart; let on; let out; reveal; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP