panic sell

verb

To sell an investment out of fear or anxiety with little regard to the price.

Meanings

verbpanic sell (third-person singular simple present panic sells, present participle panic selling, simple past and past participle panic sold)

present singular third person panic sells · participle present panic selling · participle past panic sold · past panic sold

  1. transitivebusinessTo sell an investment out of fear or anxiety with little regard to the price.

    Crypto currencies were also being panic sold at alarming rates as well.

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