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What does "buy" mean?

buy in

  1. to buy a share of or shares in
  2. to buy back (an item) at an auction by a final, high bid when the other bids are much too low: said as of the orig. owner
  3. Slang to pay money so as to become a participant, member, etc.

buy into

  1. buy in (senses & ) (see phrase above)
  2. ☆ Slang buy ()

buy it

Slang to die; specif., to be killed

buy off

to bribe

buy out

to buy all the stock, business rights, etc. of

buy time

gain time (sense ) (at time)

buy up

to buy all of or all that is available of

See buy in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

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