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buy off |
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buy someone off to bribe someone to ignore what one is doing wrong. Do you think you can buy her off? The mobster tried to buy off the jury. See also: buy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With money, however, one may buy off the others before the game. It seems they found means to bribe or buy off some of those who were expected to come in against them, and they wanted evidence for some time to convict them. Clare was good-natured and self-indulgent, and sought to buy off with presents and flatteries; and when Marie became mother to a beautiful daughter, he really felt awakened, for a time, to something like tenderness. |
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