"sell up" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sells up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selling up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sold up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sold up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sell<,,sold> up"
      },
      "expansion": "sell up (third-person singular simple present sells up, present participle selling up, simple past and past participle sold up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "45 42 14",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "sell down"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ],
        [
          "asset",
          "asset"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sell out#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 72 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: sell off"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money."
      ],
      "id": "en-sell_up-en-verb-SzR8vPvF",
      "links": [
        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "asset",
          "asset"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ],
        [
          "gain",
          "gain"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, British) To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sell out#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Montrose S. Sommers, James G. Barnes, Fundamentals of marketing, page 438",
          "text": "Attracting consumers with a low-priced feature item and then pointing out weaknesses in order to sell up to a more expensive […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, H. Eugene Weiss, Chrysler, Ford, Durant and Sloan, page 37",
          "text": "He was not going to have salesman sell up to a more expensive and more profitable car that was no better than his Ford.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To upsell."
      ],
      "id": "en-sell_up-en-verb-rOVP4ToE",
      "links": [
        [
          "upsell",
          "upsell"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "marking",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(marking) To upsell."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sell up"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sells up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selling up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sold up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sold up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sell<,,sold> up"
      },
      "expansion": "sell up (third-person singular simple present sells up, present participle selling up, simple past and past participle sold up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "sell down"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English links with manual fragments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home)."
      ],
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        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ],
        [
          "asset",
          "asset"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sell out#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: sell off"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "asset",
          "asset"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ],
        [
          "gain",
          "gain"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, British) To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sell out#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Montrose S. Sommers, James G. Barnes, Fundamentals of marketing, page 438",
          "text": "Attracting consumers with a low-priced feature item and then pointing out weaknesses in order to sell up to a more expensive […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, H. Eugene Weiss, Chrysler, Ford, Durant and Sloan, page 37",
          "text": "He was not going to have salesman sell up to a more expensive and more profitable car that was no better than his Ford.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To upsell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "upsell",
          "upsell"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "marking",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(marking) To upsell."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sell up"
}