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Sell Like Hotcakes

MEANING IN ENGLISH

To be purchased very rapidly and in exceptionally high quantities.

In context

01

Her inspirational memoir about turning trauma into triumph is selling like hotcakes across the country.

02

The tickets for the charity concert sold like hotcakes within twenty minutes of going live online.

Synonyms

fly off the shelves,be in immense demand,sell out instantly

Antonyms

gather dust on shelves,stagnate in sales,find no buyers

Collocations

expected to sell like hotcakes,sell like hotcakes online,newly released and selling like hotcakes

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗