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sell out

No object

Be completely sold, with no stock left

Tickets sold out within minutes.

Usage

Also: 'We are sold out' (passive).

No object

Nothing follows the particle directly. You cannot say it with a direct object.

The particle: out

This verb belongs to the group ‘running to the end’.

Others in the group: run out, wear out.