Meanings
nounsell-out (plural sell-outs)
plural sell-outs
- alternativeAlternative form of sellout.
1 more example
A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph
Origin
Deverbal from sell out.
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sell-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sell-out
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sell-out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sell-out.
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