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 onShe wasn't sold on the idea.
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Coleman is not alone among film professionals frustrated by the good but small movies that don’t sell on the festival circuit.
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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
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
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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
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
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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 14 Nov. 2024.
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