sell out from under

English

Verb

sell out from under (third-person singular simple present sells out from under, present participle selling out from under, simple past and past participle sold out from under)

1. (transitive) To sell (something, most often a home) despite current habitation or reliance from others and without telling the current users of the property until it is too late for them to react.

   I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.