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meaning of "sold out for good"



 
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meaning of "sold out for good" #1 (permalink) Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:21 am   meaning of "sold out for good"		  
If someone sells out of a product, that means they have sold them all, so there are no more left. It can also be phrased as "We are out of the product." I can be temporarily (We are sold out for now.) or permanently (we are sold out for good)

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meaning of "sold out for good" #2 (permalink) Sat Mar 10, 2007 15:24 pm   meaning of "sold out for good"		  
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What part do you not understand? The phrases in parentheses paraphrase the preceding phrases.
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meaning of "sold out for good" #3 (permalink) Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:51 am   meaning of "sold out for good"		  
Mister Micawber wrote:
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What part do you not understand? The phrases in parentheses paraphrase the preceding phrases.
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Particularly (the bold group of words)

Also, in this (If someone sells out of a product, that means they have sold them all, so there are no more left)
Here, someone sells out of a product looks like present tense
But its explanation (that means they have sold them all, so there are no more left) looks like past tense
So, here also I am confused.
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meaning of "sold out for good" #4 (permalink) Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:55 am   meaning of "sold out for good"		  
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I agree that the tense use is rather sloppy in the excerpt you have presented to us.

'We are out' = we have no product remaining
'We are sold out for now' = we temporarily and at the moment have no product remaining
'We are sold out for good' = we have no product remaining and will never have any product until the Universe ends.
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