Word Study
buy off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb buy off has 1 sense
- buy off(v = verb.possession) pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor; Array is one way to bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
THESAURUS
buy off
approach, bribe, buy, buy back, buy in, buy into, buy on credit, buy up, complete a purchase, corner, corrupt, engross, fix, get at, get to, grease, grease the palm, have, lubricate, make a buy, monopolize, pay off, procure, purchase, reach, rebuy, regrate, repurchase, sop, square, suborn, take care of, tamper with, tickle the palm
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