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What does "buy" mean?
buy in
- to buy a share of or shares in
- 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
- Slang to pay money so as to become a participant, member, etc.
buy into
- buy in (senses & ) (see phrase above)
- â 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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