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BUY OFF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does buy off mean?

• BUY OFF (verb)
The verb BUY OFF has 1 sense:

1. pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

Familiarity information: BUY OFF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BUY OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

buy off; pay off

Hypernyms (to "buy off" is one way to...):

bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence)

Domain category:

crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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