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come under the hammer

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come under the hammer and go under the hammer
Fig. [for something] to be auctioned. The house at the corner is coming under the hammer next week. The repossessed farm will go under the hammer.
See also: come, hammer

come/go under the hammer
to be sold at an auction (= a public sale where objects are bought by the people who offer the most money) Both collections will come under the hammer and are expected to make -1m at Phillips' in London next month.
See drive home
See also: come, hammer


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Other lots scheduled to come under the hammer include a former lock keeper's house in Bradley.
A catalogue of more than 1,000 mares will come under the hammer over five days beginning on Monday, before 670 yearlings are of fered from Tuesday, June 10.
Another Titus son, this time the July 2005 born Edenhurst Aramis CH40 was among the last, but not least entries to come under the hammer sold when he made 7,500gns to SW Mather and Sons, Fern, Brechin, Angus.
 
 
 
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