sell (someone) on

phrasal verb

sold (someone) on; selling (someone) on; sells (someone) on
: to persuade (someone) to be interested in and excited about (something)
He tried to sell them on the project.
often used as (be) sold on
She wasn't sold on the idea.

Examples of sell (someone) on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Crye loses out on valuable sales to unlicensed mills overseas that print copies of its patented camouflage, called MultiCam, on ponchos, pants, shirts and hats that sell on Amazon and other marketplaces without Crye’s permission. Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024 Choosing the right products to sell on Amazon can be the difference between success and failure. Duffy Young, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Skawennati introduces us to another avatar, xox, fashioned after the artist herself; xox stands before a spinning globe, sporting space buns that sprout blue and pink lights in the shape of those fiber optic light-sabers that street vendors sell on hot summer nights. Zsofi Valyi-Nagy, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 But the service is targeted at businesses that sell on Amazon’s marketplace and use its logistics and fulfillment network. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sell (someone) on 

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“Sell (someone) on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sell%20%28someone%29%20on. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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