sold-out
adjective
having all tickets sold, as for a performance or engagement.
sold-out
American
[sohld-out]
/ ˈsoʊldˈaʊt /
adjective
sold out
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of sold-out
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Sold out for 2023 departures; limited space for Sept. 23 departure.
From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022
Sold out stadium of 6,000 pumped up fans.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2021
Sold out on 21 and 22 December, as far as I can see on every single train.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2020
Sold out within days or even hours, those wares were snapped up for resale on eBay at prices inaccessible to the very shoppers Target initially hoped to lure.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2019
Sold out E. Bodge and all chances to G. Ward for fifteen thousand and left them to dig, promisin' to send off packet for them.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman
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