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sell
verb- to convince someone of something; to trick someone US
- [S]he eventually sold them on the idea – and the result was the Easy Spirit Walking Shoe[.] — Kate White, Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead But Gutsy Girls Do, p. 44, 1996
- to gamble on a result lower than the bookmaker’s favoured spread UK
- The “spread” in spread-betting is a pair of values, usually a point or two apart, which represent the bookmaker’s favoured outcome. The investor has two choices: to bet higher, known as “buying”, or bet lower, known as “selling”. — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 107, 2001
- in professional wrestling, to feign pain, to act as if a blow or hold was devastatingly painful US
- Of course, I would “sell” the drop, so that it appeared I had been thoroughly manhandled and abused by my opponent. — Heidi Mattson, Ivy League Stripper, p. 159, 1995
- I have my head on the ground, feigning pain and I’m laughing like hell. Skaaland thought he was going to get fired. I crawled out of the ring, selling big time. — Jeff Archer, Theater in a Squared Circle, p. 338, 1999
- I sell, you know, roll around and groan for a couple of seconds, then stand up and start rubbing my butt, but I’m fine. — Missy Hyatt, Missy Hyatt, p. 135, 2001
▶ sell a hog
to scare someone by bluffing US- — Charles Shafer, Folk Speech in Texas Prisons, p. 213, 1990
▶ sell a pup
to swindle someone UK, 1901▶ sell backside
to prostitute yourself, literally or figuratively SINGAPORE- — Paik Choo, The Coxford Singlish Dictionary, p. 94, 2002
▶ sell Buicks
to vomit US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, April 1978
- I charge for the toilet and sell a Buick all over the corner of my cell. — Suroosh Alvi et al., The Vice Guide, p. 174, 2002
▶ sell down the river
to betray someone US, 1927- Developing countries are about to be sold down the river again and hardly anyone seems to care enough to do anything about it. — The Guardian, 18 August 2003
▶ sell tickets
to engage in ritualistic, competitive insulting US, 2001- You selling me a ticket, faggot? — Miguel Pinero, Short Eyes, p. 98, 1975
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
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