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selling off

selling off is the present participle and gerund of sell off.

Meaning of sell off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To sell assets for the purpose of disposing of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.
    • When Cyril goes searching for his deadbeat father, he’s also looking for his bike, and he’s devastated to discover his dad sold it off to make ends meet.March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]

Questions about selling off

What is selling off the present participle and gerund of?
Selling off is the present participle and gerund of sell off.

Words near selling off in the dictionary

  1. selling down the river
  2. selling floor
  3. selling freezers to Eskimos
  4. selling ice to Eskimos
  5. selling like hot cakes
  6. selling off
  7. selling on
  8. selling one's ass
  9. selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  10. selling one's body
  11. selling one's life dearly

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