From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsell yourselfsell yourselfa) IMPRESSto make yourself seem impressive to other people If you want a promotion, you’ve got to sell yourself better. b) (also sell your body) to have sex with someone for money → sell
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sell yourself• Don't be negative or apologetic - remember you're selling yourself, and should highlight your good points.• For the candidate the same basic rules of selling yourself apply as for one-to-one interviews.• Now it is selling itself as the natural arena for developing companies in the new Länder.• If you want a promotion, you've got to sell yourself better.• She was going to sell herself - she has sold herself by now - and would have sold me - for supper.• Still, one could not help but feel that with Last Supper Frank had sold himself short.• Let the kids sell themselves the way the schools peddle their athletic programs.• So I don't sell myself to him.• You will be choosing the organization and then selling yourself to them, rather than relying solely upon answering newspaper advertisements. 