sell up

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sell up

verb sells up · selling up · sold up

intransitive To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home).
Similar: sell out
UK, transitive To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money. […] he was never known to give away a shilling or to do a good action, but was of a pleasant, sly, laughing mood, and would cut his joke and drink his glass with a tenant and sell him up the next day […]
Similar: sell out
To upsell. Attracting consumers with a low-priced feature item and then pointing out weaknesses in order to sell up to a more expensive […]

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@misc{sell_up_2026,
  title = {sell up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sell%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}