buy off on

verb

Definitions

  1. To consent to.

    • You've got to understand this is what Stockman is proposing. The president hasn't bought off on it yet.
    • "I feel very, very encouraged about the plan," she said. "It seems to me that it will be a question of the legislature buying off on the cost of it."
    • Now they have to get the Legislature to buy off on the project and find $14 million to pay for its start-up costs.

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