sell someone short
Definition
› to value someone too little: It’s a mistake to sell your audience short – they're more intelligent than you think they are.
(Definition of sell someone short from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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selfless adj
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sell off something phrasal verb
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sell out (something) phrasal verb DO FOR MONEY
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sell out (something) phrasal verb EXCHANGE ALL
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sell someone on something phrasal verb
- sell someone short idiom
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sell v EXCHANGE FOR MONEY
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sell v PERSUADE
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seller n
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sellout n MONEY OPPORTUNITY
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sellout n SUCCESSFUL SALES
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