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
Armo	AHR-mo	Finnish
BarthÉLÉMy	-	French
Miraj	-	Arabic
Ally	['æli]
Mckinney	[mə'kini:]
Lupus	-	Late Roman