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sold dearly

sold dearly is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about sold dearly

What is sold dearly the simple past and past participle of?
Sold dearly is the simple past and past participle of sell dearly.

Words near sold dearly in the dictionary

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

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