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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“Before buying anything back, pause and ask one disciplined question: ‘If I had cash today and had never owned this, would I buy it at this price?’”
From MarketWatch
However Epstein did not buy it then either.
From BBC
No one would advertise it, nobody bought it.
From Los Angeles Times
That allows it to match any offer for its stock and buy it back, which helps limit the number of shareholders.
From MarketWatch
The New York Times stake, as noted, looks like a question mark as to which Berkshire manager bought it.
From Barron's
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