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• sell down the river — To play false, betray • • • Main Entry: ↑sell * * * sell (someone) down the river see ↑sell, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑river sell (someone) down the river informa …   Useful english dictionary

• sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• sell down the river — ► sell down the river informal betray. [ORIGIN: originally with reference to the sale of a troublesome slave to a plantation owner on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were relatively harsher.] Main Entry: ↑river …   English terms dictionary

• sell by the candle — (historical) To offer for sale by auction as long as a small piece of candle burns, the successful bid being the one made just before it goes out • • • Main Entry: ↑candle …   Useful english dictionary

• sell at the market — index handle (trade) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• sell by the piece — pay/buy/sell by the piece ► COMMERCE to pay for, buy, or sell something in single units rather than in groups: »The stitchers are paid a salary rather than by the piece. »In those days stores sold candy by the piece for a penny. Main Entry:… …   Financial and business terms

• sell down the river — sell (someone) down the river to do something that hurts someone who trusted you. Workers complained that their leaders sold them down the river in the latest contract negotiations. Related vocabulary: sell out someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

• sell at the spear — sell at a public auction …   English contemporary dictionary

• Short Sell Against the Box — The act of short selling securities that you already own. This results in a neutral position where your gains in a stock are equal to the losses. For example, if you own 100 shares of ABC and you tell your broker to sell short 100 shares of ABC,… …   Investment dictionary

• sell down the river —    If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you sell someone down the river, you betray a person who trusts you.     When the trade union signed the salary agreement, the workers felt… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• sell down the river — {v. phr.} To give harmful information about someone or something to one s enemies; betray. * /The traitor sold his country down the river to the enemy army./ * /The criminal told the hiding place of his companions and sold them down the river./… …   Dictionary of American idioms