buy it
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Suffer a severe reversal, as in If they can't raise the money in time, they'll buy it . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
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Be killed; die. For example, By the time we could get to the hospital, he had bought it . Originating during World War I as military slang, this term later was extended to peacetime forms of death. A later slang equivalent is buy the farm , dating from about 1950. For example, He'll soon buy the farm riding that motorcycle . According to J.E. Lighter, it alludes to training flights crashing in a farmer's field, causing the farmer to sue the government for damages sufficient to pay off the farm's mortgage. Since the pilot usually died in such a crash, he in effect bought the farm with his life.
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Believe it; see buy something .
Example Sentences
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The aim is for the school's pantry to then become self-sufficient, with the nominal fee for food covering the cost of buying it from distributors.
From BBC
And if you have a spare couple of million dollars, you can buy it.
From BBC
The eyewear maker had about 180 employees 15 years ago but was down to just 15 when iVision Tech bought it in 2023, according to the mayor where the manufacturing facility is located.
From Barron's
While bitcoin bulls believe in the crypto as a store of value, recent market moves signal that the broader investor demographic isn’t buying it.
From MarketWatch
She’d been haunted at night by the idea that someone else might buy it before she had enough.
From Literature
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