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sell the news

sell the news verb: to sell on confirmation of positive developments.

Verb

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

  1. To sell on confirmation of positive developments.

Forms of sell the news

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

Words formed from sell the news

Questions about sell the news

What does sell the news mean?
Sell the news means to sell on confirmation of positive developments.
What part of speech is sell the news?
Sell the news is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell the news?
The past tense of sell the news is sold the news.

Words near sell the news in the dictionary

  1. sell snow to Eskimos
  2. sell someone a bill of goods
  3. sell someone a pup
  4. sell the dummy
  5. sell the family silver
  6. sell the news
  7. sell the pass
  8. sell up
  9. sell wolf tickets
  10. sell woof tickets
  11. sell-by date

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