Phrasal Verb: sell up

To sell up something (or sell something up) is to sell your business or property and move onto something or somewhere else.

Examples of use:
1. The restaurant hasn’t made much money for the past two years so we’re going to sell up and open a book shop.

2. Maria is selling up and moving to Spain.

infinitive – sell up

present simple – sell up and sells up

-ing form – selling up

past simple – sold up

past participle – sold up

See also, move out and move in

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