the hard sell



*the hard sell

high-pressure selling techniques. (*Typically: get ~ give someone ~.) They gave me the hard sell, but I still wouldn't buy the car. The clerk gave the customer the hard sell.
See also: hard, sell

the hard sell

a method of trying very hard to persuade someone to buy something even if they do not want to All I did was ask for a price list and a carpet salesman started giving me the hard sell.
See also: hard, sell

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Addams['ædəmz]
Hafsa-Arabic
Itsukiee-tsoo-keeJapanese
Joaquima-Catalan
Prudenzioproo-DEN-tsyoItalian
Gisellajee-ZEL-lahItalian