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.

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Between the lines: The ads that Apple's team doesn't sell will be left for third-party vendors to sell on its behalf. —

Sara Fischer, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024 Coleman is not alone among film professionals frustrated by the good but small movies that don’t sell on the festival circuit. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for sell (someone) on

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