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sell-out noun ( BROKEN PROMISE )

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Definition

disapproving when someone does not do what they have promised to do or what they should do
Most of the workers see the union agreement as a sell-out.

(Definition of sell-out noun (BROKEN PROMISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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