buy into en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From buy + into.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
I don't buy into all this propaganda.
The truth is I never bought into your bullshit
2015, “High by the Beach”, in Honeymoon, performed by Lana Del Rey:
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To buy stocks or shares of (a business).
We bought into a local electrical firm.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buying into | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| buys into | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bought into | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bought into | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
hu bedől (believe) · hu bevesz (believe) · fr marcher (believe) · de abnehmen (believe) · de Anteile kaufen (buy stocks or shares of (a business)) · it bersela (believe) · es tragar (believe) · hu vevő (believe) · ru покупа́ться (believe) · es creérselo (believe) · de abkaufen (believe) · hu felül (believe) · es comprar (believe) · ru купи́ться (believe)