sellout
Informal. a person who compromises their personal values, integrity, talent, etc., for money or personal advancement.
Informal. a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
an act or instance of selling out.
an entertainment, as a show or athletic event, for which all the seats are sold.
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How to use sellout in a sentence
One, treat each other with respect–don’t say that guy’s a sellout or this person has no courage.
The Great Kibitzer: How Chuck Schumer Got the Senate Moving Again | Molly Ball | September 2, 2021 | TimeSo, too, is this Baltimore Orioles team — one on the upswing but enduring growing pains on a big league stage, as shown by a 7-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox before an announced sellout crowd of 10,150 in the club’s home opener.
Orioles endure growing pains in loss to Red Sox as fans return to Camden Yards | Jon Meoli | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe Dayton Dragons, a Class A league team owned by the Cincinnati Reds that holds the longest sellout streak of any sports team in America, draws 540,000 fans to the Ohio city’s downtown every summer.
Can Small-Town America Survive Pandemic’s Hit to Minor League Baseball? | Charu Kasturi | September 14, 2020 | OzyThe biggest, most well-funded competitions, like Activision-Blizzard’s Overwatch League, are held in-person in massive arenas like Madison Square Garden, often before sellout crowds.
'Something Needs to Fill That Void.' As Stadiums Go Quiet, Esports Are Having a Moment | Matthew Gault | March 31, 2020 | TimeIf one is a person of color and a conservative, one must then be an Uncle Tom, a sellout to his or her race.
In Kentucky, Elaine Chao Endures Racist Attacks From Liberals | Ron Christie | August 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But if you live on tea party planet, Boehner has been a sellout.
The contention was that a sellout was taking place led by, of all people, Richard Nixon, who originally exposed Alger Hiss.
The End of the Illusion: America Finally Learns Its Limits | Jacob Heilbrunn | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIdeological polarization, however, eviscerates the center by treating compromise as a sellout.
The Bill Clinton and DLC Model For Reinventing the Republican Party | Will Marshall | March 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt also requires that liberals think differently about politics and not interpret every Obama shortcoming as some kind of sellout.
"That was the dirtiest sellout I've ever heard, Manning," Tom growled.
Stand by for Mars! | Carey Rockwell
British Dictionary definitions for sell out
to dispose of (supplies of something) completely by selling: Also (chiefly Brit): sell up
(tr) informal to betray, esp through a secret agreement
(intr) informal to abandon one's principles, standards, etc
informal a performance for which all tickets are sold
a commercial success
informal a betrayal
informal a person who betrays their principles, standards, friends, etc
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Other Idioms and Phrases with sellout
Dispose of entirely by selling. For example, The rancher finally sold out to the oil company, or The tickets to the concert were sold out a month ago. [Late 1700s]
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