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sells out from under

sells out from under is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sell out from under.

Meaning of sell out from under

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.
    • I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.

Questions about sells out from under

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

Words near sells out from under in the dictionary

  1. sells one's own grandmother
  2. sells one's soul
  3. sells one's soul to the devil
  4. sells oneself
  5. sells out
  6. sells out from under
  7. sells past the close
  8. sells salt to a slug
  9. sells short
  10. sells snow to Eskimos
  11. sells someone a bill of goods

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