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It's a phrasal verb to sell someone out. sell Shane out to sell Eric out what does it mean to sell Eric out what does it mean to sell someone out do you think it is a good meaning it has a good

meaning or maybe a negative meaning yes it has a good meaning. It has a good meaning or maybe a negative meaning. Yes, it has a negative meaning.

Selling someone out is not good. It means to betray the person. Oh, that's terrible. B-E-T-R-A-Y.

So that means it's basically giving somebody up. Now, to sell someone,

we tell about that person some secret. And by telling that secret, you, the person, selling out the other person, you get the gain.

So, for example, if Eric sells Shane out, that means Eric tells somebody my secret, Shane's secret.

And in exchange for that secret, Eric gets some, maybe some money or maybe another secret

or maybe a promotion at the company.

He gains something.

He gets something.

So that's why we say sell, because if you sell something,

you receive money. If you sell someone out, you might receive money, you might receive a better

job, you might get some extra secret information. But the point is selling someone out is bad.

You are betraying that person.

And that's never a good thing.

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