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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
Sense 1
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; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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