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buy a ticket to

idiom
Meaning

Used to indicate that someone is in agreement with an assertion, statement, or suggestion.


Examples
SIMPLE

I buy a ticket to your plan for the weekend.

CONTEXTUAL

When he suggested we change the project deadline, the rest of the team decided to buy a ticket to his idea.

COMPLEX

Although the proposal initially faced significant skepticism, the board members eventually chose to buy a ticket to the new strategy after reviewing the projected financial gains.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    buy a dog and bark oneself

    To do something that one has hired someone else to do.

  2. 02

    buy and hold

    A passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.

  3. 03

    buy into

    To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.

  4. 04

    buy it

    To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

  5. 05

    buy out

    to purchase the entire stock or extent of something

  6. 06

    buy straw hats in winter

    Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.

  7. 07

    buy the farm

    To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.

  8. 08

    buy the rumor

    To purchase an asset based on positive speculation or unconfirmed reports, anticipating a price rise before the positive development leading to it is confirmed by official news.

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