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sells like hot cakes

sells like hot cakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sell like hot cakes.

Meaning of sell like hot cakes

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be sold quickly in large numbers or amounts.
    • During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes.

Questions about sells like hot cakes

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

Words near sells like hot cakes in the dictionary

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

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