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buy something Fig. to believe something someone says; to accept something to be a fact. It may be true, but I don't buy it. I just don't buy the idea that you can swim that far. buy something (from someone) (for something) to purchase something from someone at a particular price, or for a particular type of payment, such as for cash, for practically nothing, etc. I bought the car from Mark for a reasonable price. I bought it for a reasonable price from Mark. See: 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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The possible merger of Delta with Northwest would be much better, since NW is just buying time before it falls apart. He took the snap, the players started running crazily around, and Doug, calmly (as we recall) circled back a little, buying time and waiting for a receiver to get open, let fly. Closing schools, restricting travel, and imposing other "social-distancing" measures being considered would slow the outbreak, potentially buying time for scientists to tailor a vaccine that has maximum efficacy against the pandemic strain, the researchers predict. |
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