English Dictionary

sell the pass

verb

(idiomatic, originally Ireland) To betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.

He tried to sell the pass, but no one was interested.

意味（1）

(idiomatic, originally Ireland) To betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.

A respectable divine like Samual Torshell sold the pass when he wrote in 1645 that there was no difference between men and women in the state of grace.