sell your car

Meaning

This phrase means to give your car to someone else in exchange for money. It is a very common daily life activity when you want to upgrade your vehicle, need extra cash, or no longer need to drive.

Examples

• Are you going to sell your car before you move to London?

  Are you going to sell your car before you move to London?

• It is hard to sell your car if it has high mileage.

  It is hard to sell your car if it has high mileage.

• He decided to sell his car and buy an electric bike instead.

  He decided to sell his car and buy an electric bike instead.

• Where is the best place online to sell your car?

  Where is the best place online to sell your car?

• If you sell your car now, you can get a good price for it.

  If you sell your car now, you can get a good price for it.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to sell my car to a good price.

  ✓ I want to sell my car for a good price.

  We use the preposition 'for' when talking about the price of an item we sell, not 'to'.

• ✗ He sold his car for his brother.

  ✓ He sold his car to his brother.

  If you transfer ownership of an item to someone in exchange for money, you sell it 'to' them. 'For' would mean you did it on their behalf.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If you live in the city center and use public transit, you might want to ___.

  💡 give your vehicle to someone for money

  Show answer

  sell your car

• It is not easy to ___ when it is very old and damaged.

  💡 find a buyer for your vehicle

  Show answer

  sell your car