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
Lars	LAHSH (Swedish, Norwegian), LAHRS (Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Yasir	YAH:-sir (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu
Lew	LEF	Polish
Vadim	vah-DEEM	Russian
Mordred	-	Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Haywood	['heiwud]