go under the hammer

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To be put up for or sold at auction. The banker's family estate had to go under the hammer to cover some of his mounting debt.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ash	ASH	English
AbigaÍL	-	Spanish
Lucretia	-	Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Lovro	-	Slovene, Croatian
Nita	['ni:tə]
Djuradj	-	Serbian