buy into sth
(BELIEVE) disapproving — phrasal verb with buy /baɪ/ verb (bought, bought)Definition
› to completely believe in a set of ideas: I don't buy into all that New Age stuff.Believing
(Definition of buy into sth (BELIEVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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buy into sth phrasal verb (BUSINESS)
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buy noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- accept verb (BELIEVE)
- article of faith noun
- ascribe sth to sb phrasal verb
- belief noun
- believe in sth phrasal verb
- believe verb
- credit verb (BELIEVE)
- evidently adverb
- feel it in your bones idiom
- give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
- gospel noun (BELIEFS)
- hold verb (BELIEVE)
- incline to/towards sth phrasal verb
- recognize verb (ACCEPT)
- room for doubt idiom
- see sth in sb/sth phrasal verb
- seeing is believing idiom
- self-delusion noun
- swear by sth phrasal verb
- under preposition (EXPERIENCING)
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