sell oneself

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sell oneself

verb sells oneself · selling oneself · sold oneself

  1. To promote oneself, to big oneself up.
  2. euphemistic, reflexive To work as a prostitute. She'd never been forced to sell herself, she'd always had a secure home and job where she was valued, with no real responsibility.

    Similar: sell one's body, turn tricks, gill, hustle, jazz, peddle one's ass, prostitute, sell one's ass, sell oneself, turn a trick, whore

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@misc{sell_oneself_2026,
  title = {sell oneself},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sell%20oneself},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}