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sell past the close

sell past the close verb: to oversell by trying to further convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase.

Verb

sell past the close (third-person singular simple present sells past the close, present participle selling past the close, simple past and past participle sold past the close)

  1. To oversell by trying to further convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase.
    Antonyms:
    undersell

Antonyms of sell past the close

Forms of sell past the close

third-person singular presentsells past the close
present participleselling past the close
past participlesold past the close
pastsold past the close

Questions about sell past the close

What does sell past the close mean?
Sell past the close means to oversell by trying to further convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase.
What part of speech is sell past the close?
Sell past the close is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell past the close?
The past tense of sell past the close is sold past the close.

Words near sell past the close in the dictionary

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

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