NomadPatriot wrote:Dukasaur wrote:NomadPatriot wrote:--> so, how can the US sell a country if they never bought it in the 1st place...?
You do understand that the English language is not designed for logic, do you not? Plenty of expressions do not mean what they sound like. It is certainly possible to "sell out" without "buying in."
then people should use proper phrasing .. like "sell out'..
don't ask me questions about my comprehension of the English language when referring to me responding to someone who didn't use it properly in the first place..
you can only sell something you own.. in order to own a region or country.. it would have to be bought 1st..
did the US not 'buy' the Kurds in the first place ?
Since you love definitions Nomad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase
See āsell outā is a phrase that has a definition that may or may not be related to the individual definitions of the words that make up the phrase.
You seem to love definitions... but how do you like then when the make you look like a fool?