Meaning

2 senses

  1. (euphemistic, slang)To die.

    He bought it in a shootout.

    be killed or die

  2. (idiomatic, slang)To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

    He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it.

    He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it.

Examples

610 sentences

  1. What did you buy it for?

    Навіщо ти це купив? — shanghainese

    ruЗачем вы это купили? — marafon

    deWofür hast du es gekauft? — BraveSentry

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  2. I'm sorry, I don't buy it.

    Перепрошую, але я цьому не вірю. — miketheknight

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  3. Look, I just don't buy it.

    Послухай-но, я в це не вірю. — deniko

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  4. I'd bought it the week before.

    Я це купив того тижня. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ купил его на той неделе. — marafon

    deIch hatte es vorige Woche gekauft. — Manfredo

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  5. I have enough money to buy it.

    У мене достатньо грошей, щоб його купити. — deniko

    ruУ меня достаточно денег, чтобы это купить. — marafon

    deIch habe genug Geld, um es zu kaufen. — MUIRIEL

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Origin

* In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy

* In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it.

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Forms

buys it, buying it, bought it, bought it
Base formbuy it · to buy it
3rd person singularbuys it
Present participlebuying it
Past simplebought it
Past participlebought it

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybuy it
he, she, itbuys it

Past simpleLesson

all personsbought it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bought it
he, she, ithas bought it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill buy it

Synonyms

87 synonyms
codeA1departB1exitB1expireC1passA2sinkB1succumbC2buy the farmkick the bucketassume room temperatureauger inbe gathered to one's fathersbite the big onebite the biscuit
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buttybuxombuyA1buyerB1buyingbuzzB2
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