buy something
Believe something; accept as true or satisfactory. For example, You think he's a millionaire? I just won't buy that. [Slang; 1920s]
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How to use buy something in a sentence
Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers | Stereo Williams | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNormally when you buy something for $30 and sell it for $50, you have to pay taxes on a $20 profit.
8 Ridiculous Tax Loopholes: How Companies Are Avoiding the Tax Man | Josh Dzieza | February 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, consumers can only be penalized when they buy something, not when they stand on the sidelines of the marketplace.
Supreme Court’s Obamacare Ruling Will Politicize Judicial Process | Bruce Ackerman | November 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe first stops at a convenience store to get change for a phone call, but the owner forces him to buy something first.
Was trying to buy something worthy of a Bat Mitzvah invite for my daughter at a top-of-the-line country club.
Holiday Coupon Generosity: A Christmas Miracle | Jennifer Frey | December 25, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
"buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHer maid stood waiting with the jewel-case while she went to the bookstall to buy something to read on the journey.
December Love | Robert HichensIt might be said—to give them the fullest benefit of the doubt—that they undertook to buy something and the price was too high.
Then he got out of the car and went into the shop—they sold toys there as well as everything else—to buy something himself.
The Incredible Honeymoon | E. NesbitCome on, anybody that wants toIm going to walk down to the village to buy something, I dont care what.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret Widdemer
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