sell (out) 1 of 2

as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound

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sellout

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noun

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Recent Examples of sell (out)
Noun
Though McGregor is not expected to be at Mohegan Sun on Friday, Feldman still anticipates another sellout. Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025 Ohtani threw 28 pitches — 16 for strikes — in the first inning as the sellout crowd of 53,207 hung on every one. Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025 New York had a 15-minute ceremony before the game where the players received their championship rings and the banner was raised to the rafters of Barclays Center to the delight of the sellout crowd of 17,344. Jeff Smith, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025 In turn, Soto tipped his helmet to the sellout crowd of 47,700, the fourth-largest Yankee Stadium crowd of the season. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sell (out)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sell (out)
Verb
  • People willingly lining up to betray each other on TV for cash isn’t new.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Inspired by Maurice Leblanc's iconic literary character Arsène Lupin, Omar Sy plays Assane Diop, a charismatic gentleman thief who seeks revenge against a wealthy family that betrayed his father.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The stories are compelling, often blending sure-fire elements of true crime, psychology (primarily the surrender and loss of self, replaced with a groupthink mentality), deception, betrayal and all manner of drama.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • This represents a fundamental betrayal of the political realignment that brought working-class voters to the GOP in the first place.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The six-parter, to debut July 14, follows six groups of friends, and six historical cases of murder and treachery among them.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
  • But amid the bloodbaths and treacheries, Westeros still penciled in time for a little romance — some more compelling than others (Jon and Ygritte > Jon and Daenerys).
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The South committed treason against the Constitution to protect slavery.
    Zaakir Tameez June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • Lissu — who survived being shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt — was arrested in April on treason charges.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 7 June 2025

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“Sell (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell%20%28out%29. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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