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单词 sell up
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sell up

phrasal verb
If you sell up, you sell everything you have, such as your house or your business, because you need the money.
[British]
...all these farmers going out of business and having to sell up. [VERB PARTICLE]
He advised Evans to sell up his flat and move away to the country. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
regional note: in AM, use sell out
See full dictionary entry for sell

sell up in British English

verb (adverb) mainly British
1. (transitive)
to sell all (the possessions or assets) of (a bankrupt debtor) in order to discharge his or her debts as far as possible
2. (intransitive)
to sell a business

sell up in American English

British
to sell all of (the land or household goods) of (a debtor) so as to satisfy his or her debts
See full dictionary entry for sell

Examples of 'sell up' in a sentence
sell up

But now we've tied the knot, we've decided we're going to sell up everything else and have just one little foodie enterprise going.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
Or if you didn't want to live here, I'd happily sell up and we could buy a similar house together somewhere else.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
He told Rotary what to do and made plans to sell up and buy a nursery.
Lunnon-Wood, Mike LET NOT THE DEEP

Chinese translation of 'sell up'

sell up

(Brit)

vi

  1. 出售所有财(財)物 (chūshòu suǒyǒu cáiwù)
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Nearby words of
sell up

  • sell
  • sell off
  • sell out
  • sell up
  • sell-by date
  • seller
  • Sellotape

Related terms of
sell up

  • sell out
  • sell off
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