Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sell the pass

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: sel-l- the -pass
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.

Example Sentences

"A respectable divine like Samual Torshell sold the pass when he wrote in 1645 that there was no difference between men and women in the state of grace."
"In fact the officials in the Richmond Asylum had pre-empted Sinn Féin. They managed to sell the pass without losing their jobs in the process, unlike Henry Campbell or John Flood."

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

sell sell down the river sell out assfuck betray burn cop out cross out cross up double-cross do someone dirty do the dirty on

Questions

What does sell the pass mean?: To betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.

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