bought
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
South Midland and Southern U.S. store-bought.
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Origin of bought
1Other words from bought
- un·bought, adjective
- well-bought, adjective
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How to use bought in a sentence
Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the way, Brinsley turned into a drug store, but it is not clear whether he bought anything.
In fact, I wrote 212 pages of a novel called The Discovery of Sex that was bought, and I pulled it.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.
On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.
Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumBob, the boy who had bought Squinty, the comical pig, laughed and clapped his hands.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumSo after some weeks of speculation, he bought himself a tablet, some pencils and took up the art of writing.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux"I bought them boots to wear only when I go into genteel society," said one of the codfish tribe, to a wag, the other day.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousTip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
British Dictionary definitions for bought
/ (bɔːt) /
the past tense and past participle of buy
purchased from a shop; not homemade
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Other Idioms and Phrases with bought
see under buy.
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