Sell Someone Out (Verb)
Meaning
Give information that compromises others.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The witness sold the entire crew out by revealing their names and roles in the heist.
- She was furious when she discovered her business partner had sold her out to the competition.
- He refused to sell his friends out, even when the police offered him a deal in exchange for information.
- The whistleblower sold the corrupt executives out by exposing their embezzlement scheme to the media.
- They were betrayed when their closest ally sold them out for a share of the profits.