up for auction
up for auction
Available to be sold at an auction. The banker's family estate had to be put up for auction to cover some of his mounting debt. A lot of the famous singer's memorabilia are up for auction this Saturday.
See also: auction, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*up for auction
Fig. to be sold at an auction. (*Typically: be ~; come ~; go ~; put something ~.) The old farm where I lived as a child is up for auction.
See also: auction, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- under the hammer
- go up for (something)
- come under the hammer
- come/go under the hammer
- go under the hammer
- Dutch auction
- auction
- on the block
- put (something) on the block
- put on the block