Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home).

  2. (UK, transitive)To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money.

  3. To upsell.

More definitions
  • sell or get rid of all one's merchandise

Examples

1 sentences
  1. This area has really gone down hill. It's time to sell up and move out.

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Forms

sells up, selling up, sold up, sold up
Base formsell up · to sell up
3rd person singularsells up
Present participleselling up
Past simplesold up
Past participlesold up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysell up
he, she, itsells up

Past simpleLesson

all personssold up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sold up
he, she, ithas sold up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sell up

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsell down
Derivedsell-up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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