bought
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buy
slang To believe or accept something as true or feasible without question or investigation. I can't believe the boss bought my excuse for missing work yesterday. A: "I keep telling you, the cats knocked over your vase!" B: "Yeah, I'm not buying it."
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bought
see under buy.
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- (if) you break it, you bought it
- been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- bought
- bought the farm
- bring (someone or something) into view
- buy
- buy (one's) way in(to) (something)
- buy (something) off the shelf
- buy (something) on credit
- buy (something) on tick
- buy (something) on time
- buy (something) sight unseen
- buy a lemon
- buy a one-way ticket to (something)
- buy a pig in a poke
- buy a pup
- buy a/the round (of drinks)
- buy at
- buy back
- buy golden opinions
- buy in
- buy into (something)
- buy it
- buy off
- buy off on (something)
- buy out
- buy the big one
- buy the farm
- buy the rabbit
- buy time
- buy trouble
- buy up
- buy wolf tickets
- have bought it