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sold like hot cakes

sold like hot cakes is the simple past and past participle 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 sold like hot cakes

What is sold like hot cakes the simple past and past participle of?
Sold like hot cakes is the simple past and past participle of sell like hot cakes.

Words near sold like hot cakes in the dictionary

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

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