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Buy in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Force a CD or record into the charts by buying lots of copies
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: Joe Meek's last hit, 'Singin' the Blues', was probably BOUGHT IN at number 40, but failed to go any higher.
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Meaning: Force a CD or record into the charts by buying lots of copies
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Buy into phrasal verb
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Meaning: Accept an idea
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I never BOUGHT INTO the idea of a federalist Euopean Union.
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Meaning: Accept an idea
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Buy off phrasal verb
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Meaning: Pay someone to stop them causing trouble
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: He BOUGHT the newspaper OFF by placing a lot of adverts.
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Meaning: Pay someone to stop them causing trouble
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Buy out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Buy somebody's share in a company
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: His business partners BOUGHT him OUT to get rid of him.
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Meaning: Buy somebody's share in a company
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Buy up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Buy all of something
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: We BOUGHT UP all the shop had before the price went up.
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Meaning: Buy all of something