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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

sell oneself

sell oneself · sells oneself · sold oneself · selling oneself

To promote oneself, to big oneself upTo promote oneself, to big oneself up.

Meaning

2 senses

To promote oneself, to big oneself up.
(euphemistic, reflexive)To work as a prostitute.

Forms

sells oneself, selling oneself, sold oneself, sold oneself

Base form	sell oneself · to sell oneself
3rd person singular	sells oneself
Present participle	selling oneself
Past simple	sold oneself
Past participle	sold oneself

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sell oneself
he, she, it	sells oneself

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sold oneself

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sold oneself
he, she, it	has sold oneself

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will sell oneself

Synonyms

8 synonyms

jazzB1 sell one's body turn tricks gill hustle prostitute turn a trick

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

selflessB2 selflessness sellA1 sellerB2 sellotape semantic

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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