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sells the pass

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

Meaning of sell the pass

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.
    • A respectable divine like Samual Torshell sold the pass when he wrote in 1645 that there was no difference between men and women in the state of grace.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 257

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

Words near sells the pass in the dictionary

  1. sells short
  2. sells snow to Eskimos
  3. sells someone a bill of goods
  4. sells the dummy
  5. sells the family silver
  6. sells the pass
  7. sells up
  8. sells wolf tickets
  9. sellsword
  10. sellswords
  11. sellthrough

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