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buy into

verb

Etymology

From buy + into.

  1. inherited from intō
  2. inherited from in-to
  3. formed as buy into — “buy + into”

Definitions

  1. To believe (something, especially something implausible)

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

    • I don't buy into all this propaganda.
    • The truth is I never bought into your bullshit

  2. To buy stocks or shares of (a business).

    • We bought into a local electrical firm.

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No curated loop yet for buy into. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA