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sold off

sold off is the simple past and past participle of sell off.

Meaning of sell off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To sell assets for the purpose of disposing of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.
    • When Cyril goes searching for his deadbeat father, he’s also looking for his bike, and he’s devastated to discover his dad sold it off to make ends meet.March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]

Questions about sold off

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

Words near sold off in the dictionary

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

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