buy out

1. (idiomatic, transitive)To purchase the entire stock or extent of something

2. (transitive)To purchase the ownership of a company

3. To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.

4. (transitive)To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.

5. (US, dated, intransitive, slang)To avoid a punishment or escape a difficult situation.

   You always manage to buy out at the last second.

1. Tom wants to buy out his partner.

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2. Tom is going to buy me out.

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3. I want to buy out my partner.

   deIch will die Anteile meines Geschäftspartners übernehmen. — Luiaard

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4. We can't buy our way out of this mess.

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5. We won't be able to buy our way out of this mess.

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irregular · Lesson

• buy offвартуватиTo pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
• buy upTo buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.
• buy outTo purchase the entire stock or extent of something
• buy inTo accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
• buy downTo reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
• buy backTo purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed, or given away).
• buy overTo gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
• buy intoTo believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.