"sell past the close" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sells past the close [present, singular, third-person], selling past the close [participle, present], sold past the close [participle, past], sold past the close [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sell<,,sold> past the close}} sell past the close (third-person singular simple present sells past the close, present participle selling past the close, simple past and past participle sold past the close)
  1. To continue trying to convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase; to oversell.
    Sense id: en-sell_past_the_close-en-verb-kmUbEd07 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Inflected forms

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