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under the hammer en · ADP

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) For sale by auction.
    • Now it’s hoped a new generation of juvenalia fans will help his passion to live on because on April 5 the Peter Baldwin Toy Theatre Collection will go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers in Derbyshire. 2018 June 8 [2018 March 31], “Actor Peter Baldwin's toy theatres up for auction”, in SussexWorld, Iconic Media Group:

Antonyms

knocked down

Relateds

bring to the hammer

Synonyms

on the block