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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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Her firm buys time for the California Avocado Commission. By allowing students to stay with the same teacher for more than one year, "looping literally buys time," she told the ASCD Education Update. Protectionism only buys time for the inefficient parts of industry to keep on being inefficient. |
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