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sells dearly

sells dearly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sell dearly.

Meaning of sell dearly

Verb

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

  1. (especially, idiomatic, unit, or vehicle) To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a person, unit, vehicle, or territory).
    • Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remaining card he has to play is to sell his ships as dearly as possible. The remaining German ships make a hard turn southeast, and drive headlong at the Grand Fleet. It is a brave gesture, but only eight of the ships emerge from...2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:24 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022

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What is sells dearly the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sells dearly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sell dearly.

Words near sells dearly in the dictionary

  1. sells away
  2. sells bargains
  3. sells by the candle
  4. sells coal to Newcastle
  5. sells coals to Newcastle
  6. sells dearly
  7. sells down
  8. sells down the river
  9. sells freezers to Eskimos
  10. sells ice to Eskimos
  11. sells like hot cakes

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