sell outverb

• 1

  To sell all of a supply or stock of something.

  • They sold out of concert posters yesterday and won't get another shipment until next week.
  • Like when Rosario and I have a really on day, I mean, we could sell this place out of beer, you know.
• 2

  To abandon or betray one's principles to seek profit or other personal advantage; to abandon or betray one's supporters through this change.

  • It used to be a pleasant little community, until the leaders sold out to the developers.
  • He used to be a voice for the underdog until he sold out.
• 3

  To betray (a person), usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain.

  • I'll kill him if I see him again; he sold me out.
• 4

  To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).

  • The owners long resisted buyout offers, but when they were ready to retire, they finally sold out to a competitor.
• 5

  To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).

• 6

  historicalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsTo sell one's commission.

  • After the peace of Versailles he resided in England; but, about three years before the breaking out of the Revolution, he sold out his commission in the army and emigrated to New York.
• 7

  archaicTo hurry out.