buy out
to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The company wants to buy out the smaller business.”
“After the founder retired, the board decided to buy out his remaining shares to gain full control.”
“The conglomerate sought to buy out its primary competitor, effectively consolidating its influence over the entire regional market.”
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been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.
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buy a dog and bark oneself
To do something that one has hired someone else to do.
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buy a ticket to
Used to indicate that someone is in agreement with an assertion, statement, or suggestion.
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buy and hold
A passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.
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buy into
To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
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buy it
To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.
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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.
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buy the farm
To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
Last updated August 10, 2026