under the hammer

[under the hammer] {adv. phr.}

Up for sale at auction.

* /The Brights auctioned off the entire contents of their home. Mrs. Bright cried when her pewter collection went under the hammer./

* /The picture I wanted to bid on came under the hammer soon after I arrived./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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