bring to the hammer

verb

To put up for sale by auction.

Meanings

verbbring to the hammer (third-person singular simple present brings to the hammer, present participle bringing to the hammer, simple past and past participle brought to the hammer)

present singular third person brings to the hammer · participle present bringing to the hammer · participle past brought to the hammer · past brought to the hammer

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo put up for sale by auction.
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