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sell up

UK phrasal verb with sell
 
 
/sel/ verb (sold, sold)

Definition

to sell your house or company in order to go somewhere else or do something else: They sold up and retired to the West Country.Mortgages and real estateRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general Renting property
(Definition of sell up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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