Meaning: Pay someone to stop them causing trouble
Example: He BOUGHT the newspaper OFF by placing a lot of adverts.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
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We have 5 phrasal verbs with 'BUY'
- Buy in - Buy into - Buy off - Buy out - Buy up
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