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sell out from under

sell out from under verb: to sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.

Verb

sell out from under (third-person singular simple present sells out from under, present participle selling out from under, simple past and past participle sold out from under)

  1. (transitive) To sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.
    • I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.

Forms of sell out from under

third-person singular presentsells out from under
present participleselling out from under
past participlesold out from under
pastsold out from under

Questions about sell out from under

What does sell out from under mean?
Sell out from under means to sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.
What part of speech is sell out from under?
Sell out from under is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell out from under?
The past tense of sell out from under is sold out from under.

Words near sell out from under in the dictionary

  1. sell oneself
  2. sell oneself short
  3. sell order
  4. sell orders
  5. sell out
  6. sell out from under
  7. sell past the close
  8. sell salt to a slug
  9. sell short
  10. sell side
  11. sell sides

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