Speakur

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sell past the close

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
sel-l- -past the -close
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To oversell by trying to further convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase.

Inflected Forms

sells past the close (present, singular) selling past the close (participle, present) sold past the close (participle, past) sold past the close (past)

Antonyms

undersell

Questions

What does sell past the close mean?
To oversell by trying to further convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase.

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