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Meaning of sell out from under | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.

transitive

Examples

“I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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