"sell out from under" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sells out from under [present, singular, third-person], selling out from under [participle, present], sold out from under [participle, past], sold out from under [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sell<,,sold> out from under}} sell out from under (third-person singular simple present sells out from under, present participle selling out from under, simple past and past participle sold out from under)
  1. (transitive) 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. Tags: transitive

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