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sell up

Phrasal Verb with sell
 
 
/sel/ verb (sold, sold)

Definition

UK
COMMERCE, PROPERTY to sell your company or house in order to go somewhere else or do something else: They are negotiating to sell up for around £60m.
(Definition of sell up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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