buy into

buy  (b)

v. bought (bôt), buy·ing, buys

v.tr.

1. To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Regional Note at boughten.

2. To be capable of purchasing: "Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy" (Ogden Nash).

3. To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade: wanted to buy love with gifts.

4. To bribe: tried to buy a judge.

5. Informal To accept the truth or feasibility of: The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.

v.intr.

To purchase something; act as a purchaser.

n.

1. Something bought or for sale; a purchase.

2. An act of purchasing: a drug buy.

3. Something that is underpriced; a bargain.

Phrasal Verbs:

buy into

1. To acquire a stake or interest in: bought into a risky real estate venture.

2. Informal To believe in, especially wholeheartedly or uncritically: couldn't buy into that brand of conservatism.

buy off

To bribe (an official, for example) in order to secure improper cooperation or gain exemption from a regulation or legal consequence.

buy out

To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of.

buy up

To purchase all that is available of.

Idioms:

buy it Slang

To be killed.

buy time

To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace).

buy the farm Slang

To die, especially suddenly or violently.

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[Middle English, from Old English bycgan.]

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buya·ble adj.

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buy into

vb (intr, preposition)

1. to agree with or accept as valid (an argument, theory, etc.)

2. Austral and NZ informal to get involved in (an argument, fight, etc.)

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

buy into - buy stocks or shares of a company investing, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit invest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

Translations

? buy into

vi +prep obj

(Comm) business, organization, industry → sich einkaufen in (+acc)

(fig) → schlucken (inf), → akzeptieren