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sold the pass

sold the pass is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about sold the pass

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

Words near sold the pass in the dictionary

  1. sold short
  2. sold snow to Eskimos
  3. sold someone a bill of goods
  4. sold the dummy
  5. sold the family silver
  6. sold the pass
  7. sold up
  8. sold wolf tickets
  9. sold-out
  10. sold-out-ness
  11. soldadera

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