sell out from under

verb

To sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.

“I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.”

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Meanings

verbsell out from under (third-person singular simple present sells out from under, present participle selling out from under, simple past and past participle sold out from under)

present singular third person sells out from under · participle present selling out from under · participle past sold out from under · past sold out from under

  1. transitiveTo sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.

    I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.

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